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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) A piece of cake
(b) On edge
(c) Over the top
(d) Blessing in disguise

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

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

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

5. On the eleventh day, what activity is continuing to occur on the Red October?
(a) Search for defectors
(b) Look for the radiation leak
(c) Telling the crew of the mission
(d) Look for the planted spy

6. What does the Russian Ambassador accuse the Americans of?
(a) Harming the crew of the Red October
(b) Stealing the Red October
(c) Starting a war
(d) Kidnapping the crew of the Red October

7. Who plans a political makeover of the military?
(a) NSA
(b) CIA
(c) FBI
(d) Politburo

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

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

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

11. Why does the Dallas surface?
(a) To communicate
(b) To track the Red October
(c) To avoid being tracked by a Soviet sub
(d) To get new orders

12. What is the name of the submarine filled with explosives for its last mission?
(a) Ethan Allen
(b) Porgy
(c) Kennedy
(d) Red October

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

14. Where is the crew of the Red October taken?
(a) Moscow
(b) Philadelphia
(c) Washington
(d) London

15. Why does the Red October surface on the thirteenth day?
(a) To make contact with other Russian ships
(b) To get a better look around
(c) To hide from other American ships
(d) To move the crew off of the ship

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many missiles actually made connection with an American plane?

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

5. Weapons on both sides can best be described as what on the tenth day?

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