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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. Where do photographs show the major Soviet fleet at port?

2. Where is the Cardinal on the eighth day?

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

4. Why is Jack Ryan called back to the CIA?

5. Where does Jack Ryan awake at the beginning of the eighth day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack Ryan do once Skip Tyler tells him what he thinks the purpose of the secret doors is?

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

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

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

5. Why did Ramius want the doctor and crew to think there was a radiation leak?

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

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

8. When the Dallas reports that they believe the unknown sound is an enemy submarine, what does the US Navy order them to do?

9. What in this chapter symbolizes the many technical problems the Soviet Navy faces?

10. How does show that Ramius has given much forethought to his planned defection?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing in detail what events led Ramius to decide to defect. Be sure to include specific details from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Complete an analysis of the ability of the Americans to avert a true military crisis. Make a judgment as to the effectiveness of their plan and strategy.

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