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

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

3. How is the Red October attempting to keep ships at a distance?
(a) Alternating speeds
(b) Sonar pings
(c) Monitoring turns
(d) Radar movements

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What continues to be a problem on board of the Red October?

2. What does the Pentagon want to tell the Red October on the twelfth day?

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

4. Which of the following idioms describes the feelings on both sides of the conflict on the tenth day?

5. Which of the following terms best describes the condition of the injured Russian soldier?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What leads to the arrest of a congressional aide in Washington?

3. What argument does the President make when the Russian Ambassador accuses the Americans of trying to kidnap the crew of the Red October?

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

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

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

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

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 does the radiation scare do in the way to help with the defection plan of Ramius?

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

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