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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yamata do with the Columbus Investment Group?
(a) He secretly bankrupts it.
(b) He purchases controlling shares.
(c) He buys it in a hostile takeover.
(d) He causes its stock to plummet.

2. What does Golovko offer Ryan when he visits Moscow?
(a) Intelligence on Yamata.
(b) The help of currently inactive Russian agents in Japan.
(c) Details on India's navy.
(d) Russian military resources.

3. How are Yamata's missiles transported across Saipan?
(a) By tractor trailers.
(b) By Russian purchased ICBM launchers.
(c) By converted troop transports.
(d) By car carriers.

4. Why does Cook agree to sell information to Nagumo?
(a) He doesn't know what information he is selling.
(b) He thinks Nagumo has orders from U.S. officials.
(c) He needs money for his mother, who has terminal cancer.
(d) He needs money for a new house and college for his children.

5. Who orders Goto's mistress to be killed?
(a) Goto.
(b) Yamata.
(c) Nogumi.
(d) Namuri.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the former profession of the man Yamata contacts about the information regarding the Durling Administration?

2. What is the first step in Yamata's plan for responding to the Trade Reform Act?

3. What is Jack Ryan's profession when the novel begins?

4. With what nations does Yamata seek secret alliances?

5. How does the NTSB determine the cause of the Cresta accidents?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the international economic impact of the Trade Reform Act?

2. How does the Trade Reform Act negatively impact Japan's economy?

3. How does Chavez get his news of the invasion of Saipan to the U.S. Navy?

4. What kind of software is Yamata developing in America?

5. Why is Cook cautious about accepting Nagumo's offer, and why does he agree to do so?

6. What unusual rumor about Japan does FBI Director Bill Murray confirm?

7. How does Yamata act on the information he gains about the Durling administration?

8. What is Ryan's first operation in his new position? How successful is it?

9. What goes wrong in an industrial process in Japan?

10. What is Jack Ryan's background, and what is his life like when the novel begins?

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