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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following idioms describes the feelings on both sides of the conflict on the tenth day?
(a) On edge
(b) A piece of cake
(c) Over the top
(d) Blessing in disguise

2. What message does the Invincible send to the Red October?
(a) We won't harm you
(b) You're being chased
(c) Surrender or else
(d) Do not submerge again

3. Which of the following ships is a Russian ship left behind to watch what the Americans do?
(a) Porgy
(b) Konovalov
(c) Kennedy
(d) Dallas

4. What do the Americans offer the crew of the Red October?
(a) Ability to defect
(b) A place to eat
(c) A place to live
(d) Nothing

5. Which word best describes how the Russian sailors react to what they see in the United States?
(a) Amazed
(b) Disgusted
(c) Unaffected
(d) Ambivalent

6. How many missiles were fired at the American planes by the Russians?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 10
(d) 3

7. What does the President want from Henderson?
(a) The Russians to believe his false stories
(b) Deportion
(c) Defection to Russia
(d) Nothing

8. How does the Konovalov identify the Red October?
(a) Distinctive sound
(b) Sonar
(c) The Russians on board
(d) Distinctive looks when seen

9. How do the three ships identify the Konovalov is still around?
(a) The Russians on board
(b) Sonar
(c) Distinctive sound
(d) Distinctive looks when seen

10. What has the Dallas succeeded in doing?
(a) Finding the Ethan Allen
(b) Locking on to the Red October
(c) Decoding secret Soviet messages
(d) Destroying the Red October

11. Why do the officers tell the crew they will stay on board?
(a) To destroy it
(b) To safely return the ship to Russia
(c) To fix the problems
(d) To create a trap for the Americans

12. Why doesn't the second torpedo ignite when it hits the Red October?
(a) It is defective
(b) The vessels are to close to each other
(c) The Dallas destroyed the torpedo
(d) The Red October deactivated it

13. The regular public bathhouse is used for which of the following?
(a) A way to communicate information with the Americans
(b) Just a plain regular bathhouse
(c) Headquarters of the KGB
(d) Secretive meeting place for the Politburo

14. Which of the following ships decides to stop all aggressive movements in order to hunt for the Red October?
(a) Kennedy
(b) Kirov
(c) Ethan Allen
(d) Dallas

15. The assembling of the Air Force is meant to do what to the Russians?
(a) Intimidate them
(b) Scare them
(c) Surprise them
(d) Engage them

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack Ryan take time to read while he is on board the HMS Invincible?

2. What is the status of the injured Russian soldier on the eleventh day?

3. Which of the following equipment can be used to track vessels and planes in the ocean?

4. Which of the following terms best describes the condition of the injured Russian soldier?

5. Which vessel does the pentagon decide should begin tracking the Red October?

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