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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the girl Edwards and his men take with them when they leave the village?
(a) Helena.
(b) Katia.
(c) Elena.
(d) Vigdis.

2. What British town houses the USS Nimitz while it is repaired and prepared for service?
(a) Southampton.
(b) Cornwall.
(c) Glasgow.
(d) London.

3. What happens to the captain that Morris replaces on his new ship?
(a) He suffers from epilepsy.
(b) He dies in an enemy attack.
(c) He collapses due to a bleeding ulcer.
(d) He has a nervous breakdown.

4. In this section of the book, Sergetov questions a Russian soldier who has returned from the front. How is the soldier related to him?
(a) He is Sergetov's son.
(b) He is Sergetov's brother.
(c) He is Sergetov's nephew.
(d) He is Sergetov's cousin.

5. Where was Georgiyevich when the information that led to the war was discussed with the Politburo?
(a) He was in America on business.
(b) He was home with an illness.
(c) He was on his lunch break.
(d) He was visiting relatives in Serbia.

6. What is unusual about McCafferty's kill in chapters 35-39?
(a) The rescue buoy is deployed, even though all the sailors are already dead.
(b) The vessel is not severely damaged, but sinks anyway.
(c) The vessel sinks, but most of the crew escapes.
(d) Three men flee on a recuse raft.

7. What new job is Morris given once he is back in the States?
(a) He will work as a commander.
(b) He will work in intelligence.
(c) He will advise the President on the war.
(d) He will be sent to a new American base.

8. When American forces attack the Keflavik air base, how many American planes do the Russians take down in their counter-attack?
(a) Nine.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

9. After McCafferty arrives in Scotland, what does he discover about his skirmish with the Russian convoy?
(a) He interupted a Norwegian attack on the Russians.
(b) He damaged three Russian ships.
(c) He managed to sink a Russian vessel.
(d) He frightened the Russians away.

10. What happened to Edwards's girlfriend?
(a) She was raped and murdered at her University.
(b) She left him for another man when he left to go to war.
(c) She committed suicide.
(d) She was killed by a Russian missile.

11. When McCafferty fires upon the Russian convoy, he saves a submarine crew from which country?
(a) He didn't save a submarine crew.
(b) Iceland.
(c) Norway.
(d) The Ukraine.

12. Terry Mackell has great success locating tanks with what kind of instrument?
(a) Radar.
(b) Antennae.
(c) Satellites.
(d) Sonar.

13. Toland observes that the Allied forces are capable of beating the Russians, but they must be able to do what first?
(a) Buy more missiles.
(b) Intimidate them.
(c) Locate them.
(d) Cooperate with other countries.

14. What marking will the Pharris receive that indicates that it has sunk a submarine?
(a) A special flag will be flown on the ship.
(b) All of the men will be given special medals.
(c) A submarine will be painted on the bow.
(d) The Pharris will be given a new name.

15. While Edwards is communicating with command about an attack on the Keflavik airfield, two important areas of the base are destroyed. What are they?
(a) The terminal and the supply housing.
(b) The barracks and the terminal.
(c) The airplane hangars and the barracks.
(d) The electric plant and the tower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is O'Malley worried about Morris's ability to captain the Ruben James?

2. Morris is reassigned to a new ship. What is the name of that ship?

3. What causes the Russians to begin searching for Edwards and his men after the American attack on the Keflavik air base?

4. The men that escape the sunken submarine are captured and taken on board the Pharris. How are they treated?

5. Before Morris sails from New York Harbor, he is joined by a reporter. What is the reporter's name?

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