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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 do Durling and Ryan convince all the major news agencies to carry false stories about the progress of repairs on the aircraft carriers?
(a) Persuasion and threats.
(b) Bribery.
(c) Appeals to their professional honor.
(d) Appeals to their nationalism.

2. An airbase on which island is important to the U.S. strategy that Ryan and the others develop?
(a) Okinawa.
(b) Saipan.
(c) Midway.
(d) Hawaii.

3. After the Japanese attacks, what is the U.S. stance on the India situation?
(a) U.S. naval forces will withdraw from the Indian Ocean.
(b) The U.S. will oppose any aggression against Sri Lanka.
(c) The U.S. will only protect its strategic allies in the Indian Ocean.
(d) The U.S. cuts all diplomatic ties with India.

4. What vehicles are sent along with military personnel to an air base in Russia?
(a) A squadron of tanks.
(b) Two C130 gunships.
(c) Three Comanche helicopters.
(d) Ten armored personnel carriers.

5. How many planes are in the bomber group dispatched from Elemendorf Air Force Base?
(a) Twelve planes.
(b) Fifteen planes.
(c) Three planes.
(d) Seven planes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Japanese ambassador demand in exchange for an end to hostilities?

2. Ron Jones believes that the Japanese nuclear weapons must have been moved using which of the following?

3. What is the Rangers' initial mission?

4. What is the codename of Ryan's planned military operation to counter the Japanese attacks?

5. What instructions is Rear Admiral Jackson given as part of Ryan's military operation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Isamu Kimura agree to help the U.S. and the Russians with? How is he convinced of the rightness of his actions?

2. What do Durling and Ryan ask the major news networks to do?

3. Explain the arrangement suggested by both Nagumo and the Japanese ambassador.

4. What information and resources do the Americans have in trying to locate Koga?

5. What does Ryan believe about Japan's goal ?

6. How does Nomuri react to being asked to leave the intelligence "game"?

7. What measures are taken to prevent further crisis in the U.S. markets? Why are these measures somewhat ineffective?

8. What complications at home force Ryan to act quickly in forming a plan, and keep much of it secret?

9. What troubling things does JAL pilot Torajiro Sato witness?

10. As part of Ryan's plan, what naval assets are immediately dispatched against Japan and what is their mission?

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