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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. What does the Russian Ambassador accuse the Americans of?

2. What do the Americans offer the crew of the Red October?

3. Weapons on both sides can best be described as what on the tenth day?

4. Who was assigned to watch the injured Russian sailor's recovery?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What about the injured Russian, who is identified simply as a cook is suspenseful?

2. Why is the Konovalov ordered to stay behind?

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

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

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

6. What is the purpose of the Ethan Allen in the plan?

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character of Jack Ryan and how this character has changed throughout the novel. Be sure to include specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing how in an action based novel could have more than one climax and why this might occur.

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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