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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Pennington's specialty?
(a) Weapons and ordnance.
(b) Experimental aircraft.
(c) Military medicine.
(d) Chemical research.

2. Why can the Man On The Other End trust the Baroness?
(a) Her old Soviet ties.
(b) She has good intuition.
(c) Her animosity towards her own country.
(d) She is not motivated by money.

3. Who figures out that Mack is behind the helicopter crash?
(a) Zamatev.
(b) Alekhin.
(c) Natalya.
(d) Ka.yr

4. Why would Joe be expected to make for the Mongolian border?
(a) It is controlled by the British.
(b) They would sell him weapons.
(c) He has family there.
(d) It is the least distance.

5. What noise alerts Joe to the rail work?
(a) The sound of a tractor.
(b) The rumble of a steamroller.
(c) The whistle of a train.
(d) The squeak of a backhoe.

6. Where is the engineer studying?
(a) Canada.
(b) America.
(c) Siberia.
(d) Russia.

7. What are Tungus?
(a) Reindeer people.
(b) Russian police.
(c) Siberian nationals.
(d) Lithuanian royalty.

8. What does Shepilov not have in Kyra's eyes?
(a) He tries too hard.
(b) He is not very intelligent.
(c) He is lacking in ambition.
(d) He is lacking in energy.

9. What animal dislikes Joe's smell?
(a) A forest deer.
(b) A wild grouse in the trees.
(c) A salmon in the stream.
(d) A brown bear.

10. How does Joe dry off after his swim?
(a) He rolls around in the forest.
(b) Wiping himself with grass.
(c) By putting on some dry clothes.
(d) By standing in the breeze.

11. Who is Pennington suspicious of?
(a) The Swedish naval officer.
(b) The French diplomat.
(c) The West German.
(d) The English chemist.

12. Who is Martin Lap?
(a) A Siberian tracker.
(b) A Lithuanian poet.
(c) A Russian architect.
(d) An American pilot.

13. What does Joe use to cross Olekma?
(a) A lumber plank.
(b) A gigantic old floater.
(c) A mass of driftwood.
(d) A single drift log.

14. What new tracks does he find as he continues south?
(a) Recently made human tracks.
(b) His own tracks as he goes in circles.
(c) Those of a tiger.
(d) Moose tracks.

15. Why does the settlement need Peshkov?
(a) He knows how to throw a party.
(b) He is a good hunter.
(c) He is a good leader.
(d) He is popular and good for morale.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Evgeny Zhilarev wear slippers?

2. Why is Kyra so confused?

3. Why does the rest of the village want Mack to stay?

4. Which member of the village wants Mack to leave?

5. What makes Yakov lower his gun?

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