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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. How are Japanese troops transported to Saipan during the surprise attacks?
(a) By helicopter.
(b) By amphibious assault ships.
(c) By airliners from JAL.
(d) By aerial assault.

2. What is Ryan's relationship with Sergey Golovko?
(a) They are distant cousins.
(b) They are former adversaries.
(c) They are old friends.
(d) They are war buddies.

3. What is Russia paying a Japanese firm for in Siberia?
(a) Information on mineral resources.
(b) To build an oil well.
(c) A geological study.
(d) To dismantle missile silos.

4. What does the program that Chuck Searls developed do?
(a) It tracks activity in the U.S. stock markets.
(b) It automatically bids on favorable penny stocks.
(c) It secretly manipulates stock prices.
(d) It erases records of stock trades.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening to the global stock of nuclear weapons when the novel begins?

2. What does NTSB conclude about the cause of explosions during the Cresta accidents?

3. What is Cook promised in exchange for his cooperation?

4. What is the official reason that U.S. communications are cut off in the Pacific during the Japanese attack?

5. What causes the Diet to render a no-confidence vote against Koga, the prime minister of Japan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Ryan considered for the position of National Security Advisor?

2. What are Raizo Yamata's goals?

3. What is the state of Yamata's nuclear preparations when Ryan and the U.S. President go to Moscow?

4. How does Yamata's financial tracking program affect the U.S. economic collapse?

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

6. Describe the first Japanese occupations and landings in the Pacific.

7. What does Yamata do with Goto's American mistress?

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

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

10. Describe the war games held between the U.S. and Japan.

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