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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 additional vessel meets at the designated meeting location?
(a) Porgy
(b) Kirov
(c) Ethan Allen
(d) Dallas

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

3. Who finds a minor radiation leak on the Red October?
(a) Chief engineer
(b) Cook
(c) Ramius
(d) No one

4. Why do the officers tell the crew they will stay on board?
(a) To destroy it
(b) To fix the problems
(c) To create a trap for the Americans
(d) To safely return the ship to Russia

5. Which of the follow does the Dallas not send to the Red October?
(a) Medical assistance
(b) Fix some of the equipment
(c) Food
(d) Oxygen

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the Russians convinced that the Red October is destroyed?

2. Which of the following best describes how the remainder of the trip to the port went?

3. What does a member of the Russian KGB do that is dangerous?

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

5. The regular public bathhouse is used for which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the radiation scare on the Red October allow the officers to do?

2. How do the Americans plan to use Henderson?

3. What do the American Tom Cats do to make the Russian pilots think they are attacking?

4. What is learned about the Ethan Allen on the tenth day?

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

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

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

8. Describe how the escort went after the Konovalov was destroyed.

9. Why is the Konovalov ordered to stay behind?

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

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