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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the code name for Ryan's mission?
(a) Mandolin
(b) Magi
(c) Cardinal
(d) Willow

2. Where does Jack Ryan awake at the beginning of the eighth day?
(a) USS Pogy
(b) E.S. Politovskiy
(c) HMS Invincible
(d) USS Kennedy

3. Why is Jack Ryan called back to the CIA?
(a) To be debriefed
(b) To meet with the president
(c) To study photographs
(d) To interpret a message

4. What does Jack Ryan want to trade for the surveillance photographs?
(a) Time with Admiral Greer for an interview
(b) Information about the American nuclear program
(c) A present for his daughter
(d) American military secrets

5. Why were all Soviet submarines recalled?
(a) To protect the homeland
(b) Defective materials
(c) Ramius's letter arrived
(d) Nuclear accident

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Cardinal tell the US that the mission of all Soviet subs is?

2. Which character explains what the secret doors on the submarine are to Jack Ryan?

3. Which of the following is the most accurate description of Jones?

4. What does Jack Ryan bring to his meeting?

5. Which of the following is a synonym for silent as it is used on this day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Write about how the CIA offices differ from those meeting places used by the Soviets?

2. How could Jones's relationship with the sonar equipment best be described?

3. What do both the Konovalov and Bremerton show the reader on the second day?

4. How does the US government learn that the Red October is trying to defect?

5. What is revealed during the Politburo meeting?

6. Whom does Ramius blame for the death of his wife?

7. In what way does Jack Ryan's role change on the sixth day?

8. Which two characters entered the military even though they had other life plans?

9. Why is Jack Ryan called in?

10. Why doesn't the Bremerton do much to track the Red October?

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