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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two ships accompany the Red October to its secret destination?
(a) Konovalov and Dallas
(b) Kennedy and Porgy
(c) Porgy and Dallas
(d) Kennedy and Dallas

2. What happens to most of the Russian fleet on the sixteenth day?
(a) Surrounded by the American fleet
(b) Head to the East Coast of North America
(c) Head back to Russia
(d) Stay where they are

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

4. Where was the injured Russian soldier taken?
(a) Prison hospital
(b) Russia hospital
(c) Navy hospital
(d) Lithuanian hospital

5. Where is Filitov located?
(a) Moscow
(b) Aboard a sub
(c) Lithuania
(d) Washington

6. Over what do the Americans and Soviets bond?
(a) Music
(b) Photographs
(c) Videos
(d) Food

7. Which of the following best describes how the remainder of the trip to the port went?
(a) Complicated
(b) Major incidents
(c) Without incident
(d) Minor incidents

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

9. 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) Tracking
(c) Attacking
(d) Locating

10. Who kills the spy?
(a) Ramius
(b) Ryan
(c) Williams
(d) Henderson

11. Who are sent to inspect the Red October?
(a) A group of intelligence officers
(b) KGB officers
(c) Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee
(d) Members of the Invincible

12. Which of he following characters impresses the Soviets on the Red October?
(a) Ramius
(b) Mancuso
(c) Ryan
(d) Jones

13. Weapons on both sides can best be described as what on the tenth day?
(a) On standby
(b) Stored
(c) Prepared for attack
(d) Used

14. How are the Russians convinced that the Red October is destroyed?
(a) Russian military official goes to see wreckage of Ethan Allen
(b) The government releases a news statement
(c) Photos are sent to Moscow
(d) Sailors that were rescued attest to the destruction of the ship

15. How many days did Jones track the unknown submarine?
(a) 2 days
(b) 2 weeks
(c) 1 month
(d) 5 days

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Jack Ryan's family located at the end of this novel?

2. How do the three ships identify the Konovalov is still around?

3. Which word best describes how the Russian sailors react to what they see in the United States?

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

5. What additional vessel meets at the designated meeting location?

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