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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. What does the Pentagon think the Soviet Navy is planning in regards to the Red October?
(a) Sinking it in the open sea
(b) Leading it back to Russia
(c) Trapping it in a port
(d) Surrounding it

2. 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 move the crew off of the ship
(d) To hide from other American ships

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

4. 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 Red October deactivated it
(d) The vessels are to close to each other

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following has it been confirmed by reading are involved in the defection plot on the Red October?

2. Which of the following seems to be of most concern to Jack Ryan?

3. Which of he following characters impresses the Soviets on the Red October?

4. How many missiles were fired at the American planes by the Russians?

5. The assembling of the Air Force is meant to do what to the Russians?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the Russians fire missiles at the American Tom Cats?

2. What does the incident of the KGB agent almost lighting a cigarette near the oxygen tanks show to the reader?

3. What happens to the crew of the Red October after they are in Washington?

4. What happens when the chief engineer finds a minor radiation leak?

5. What happens in Moscow with the Politburo after the Red October situation?

6. Why do the Americans want to find the Red October?

7. Describe Jack Ryan and what he feels is most important.

8. In relation to the plan to help some of the Russian sailors defect, what positive step occurs related to Ryan occurs on the twelfth day?

9. What happens when the Red October slams into the Konovalov?

10. What is revealed about the inner-workings of Soviet government on the twelfth day?

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