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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the best description of the character Jack Ryan?

2. Why does Ryan go to the USS Kennedy?

3. Which of the following is not something the USS New Jersey did when they approached the Russian Fleet?

4. With whom does the Russian Ambassador meet?

5. What does the CIA ask of Jack Ryan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the one major issue with the photographs Jack Ryan brings back to his CIA meeting?

2. How did Ramius and his cohorts make the badges show high levels of radiation?

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

4. What happens to the E.S. Politovskiy?

5. What is the spy ready to do if need be while on board the Red October?

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

7. With what mission was the Soviet Navy charged?

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

9. Why is Ramius's letter delayed in it's arrival?

10. Why is Jack Ryan called in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing how the author planted seeds or gave hints throughout the novel which would allow the reader to be able to make deductions about future events. Use information from the text to support your essay.

Essay Topic 2

Have the students write an essay describing how the Russians must have felt the first time they were in the United States. Include many descriptors in your essay.

Essay Topic 3

Describe how an underlying theme of sabotage is woven throughout the novel. Use specific examples from the text to support your description.

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