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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Secretive meeting place for the Politburo
(d) Headquarters of the KGB

2. Most of the incidents on the tenth day can be referred to as which of the following?
(a) Minor
(b) Mistakes
(c) Massive
(d) Major

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

4. Which of the following words can be used to describe how the planes from both sides know where the other planes are located?
(a) Spying
(b) Attacking
(c) Locating
(d) Tracking

5. Where was Filitov?
(a) Aboard a sub
(b) Visiting the injured sailor
(c) America
(d) Hospital

6. How many missiles actually made connection with an American plane?
(a) 5
(b) 3
(c)
(d) 1

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

8. How does Ramius plan to get his crew off of the ship?
(a) Tells them the ship is damaged and they must evacuate
(b) Sinks the ship and relies on the Americans to save them
(c) Tells them they are under attack by the Americans
(d) Simply orders them to abandon ship

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

10. What do the Red October and Invincible agree to do?
(a) Attack one of the Russian subs together
(b) Ignore each other
(c) Protect each other
(d) Meet

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

12. What does a member of the Russian KGB do that is dangerous?
(a) Provides secrets to the Americans
(b) Lights a cigarette near an oxygen tank
(c) Attempt to kidnap the injured Russian sailor
(d) Attempt to kill the injured Russian sailor

13. Who assembles to fight the Russian Army?
(a) US Navy Reserve
(b) US Navy
(c) US Battleships
(d) Air Force Reserve

14. Which of the following words best describes the situation on the tenth day?
(a) Standard
(b) Peaceful
(c) Critical
(d) Uneventful

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to most of the Russian fleet on the sixteenth day?

2. In what month does this story take place?

3. How do the officers still believe the radiation leak occurred?

4. Who was assigned to watch the injured Russian sailor's recovery?

5. On the eleventh day, what activity is continuing to occur on the Red October?

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