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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the only person dressed in a suit?
(a) Douglas Oates.
(b) National Security Advisor Alan Mercier.
(c) Dan Fawcett.
(d) Army General Clayton Metcalf.

2. How far away was the sound that was heard through the thick mist?
(a) Seventy five meters.
(b) Seventy-five, maybe a hundred yards away.
(c) Seventy five yards.
(d) A hundred yards.

3. What ship was the boiler registered as going into?
(a) The San Marino.
(b) The Marianne.
(c) The Tempest.
(d) The Pilottown.

4. When was the ship built?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1943.

5. Which car did Sandecker linger by?
(a) A 1921 Rolls-Royce Gold Doubloon.
(b) A 1931 Cadillac.
(c) A 1921 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost.
(d) None of these.

6. What author is mentioned in this chapter?
(a) Janet Evanovich.
(b) Agatha Christie.
(c) Dean Koontz.
(d) Stephen King.

7. What is the first thing to go wrong and is unexpected?
(a) They didn't have time to sweep the ship.
(b) The vice President comes on board, despite the lack of invitation.
(c) There was someone on board whom hadn't had their background check.
(d) The weather is all wrong.

8. Where would Lee rather be?
(a) On a crabber.
(b) On a Coast Guard cutter.
(c) On an icebreaker.
(d) On a tanker.

9. What was the ship carrying?
(a) Eight million dollars worth of titanium.
(b) Twelve million dollars worth of titanium.
(c) Six million dollars worth of medical supplies.
(d) Five million dollars worth of copper.

10. How many hours ahead of schedule had Pitt found the nerve agent?
(a) Thirty eight hours.
(b) Thirty six hours.
(c) Twenty four.
(d) Thirty two hours.

11. How far away was the weather office?
(a) Ten miles.
(b) Twelve miles.
(c) Two miles.
(d) Three miles.

12. Where does the President think Russia will invade?
(a) Poland.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Czechoslovakia.

13. Who was the only casualty?
(a) Julie Mendoza.
(b) Captain Dover.
(c) Al Giordino.
(d) One of the scientists.

14. Why did this news so dismay the President?
(a) He thought no ship would disobey the quarantine.
(b) He had heedlessly lost the lives of many Americans.
(c) He felt acutely the loss of people.
(d) There was no way to keep it from the press anymore.

15. What play is the President attending?
(a) Regolleto.
(b) Rigonetto.
(c) Rigolleto.
(d) Rigottini.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ship is nicknamed the Magic Ship?

2. Who else, other than the constituents and Congressmen, doesn't want food in Russia?

3. Who is 'Shakespeare'?

4. How long does Sandecker want the President to delay evacuation?

5. What post was Aiken on?

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