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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Edwards and his men told to do once they leave their hiding place?
(a) Try to regain control of the air base.
(b) Sabotage the Russians' missiles.
(c) Hide in a nearby refinery.
(d) Stake out and observe an electrical plant.

2. What is the Russian Politburo?
(a) Sixteen men who comprise Russia's Supreme Court.
(b) Twenty-five men who are in charge of Russia's military.
(c) Ten men who are responsible for Russia's energy production.
(d) Thirteen men who make decisions for Russia.

3. The Russians who control the air base are attacked by American planes. What do the American planes fail to destroy?
(a) The flight command tower.
(b) The base's air terminal.
(c) The air field.
(d) Several runways.

4. Where is the air base in Iceland?
(a) Ingólfur.
(b) Reykjavik.
(c) Sæglópur.
(d) Keflavik.

5. How many Muslims attack the oil refinery in Nizhnevartovsk?
(a) Two.
(b) Nine.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the full name of the adviser to the Russian government, who specializes in energy production?

2. The night before the attack, a movie was televised throughout Russia. What was the movie about?

3. What clue does Toland discover that indicates Russia's instability?

4. Toland is a reservist and serves his time with the commander of a ship. What is the commander's name?

5. Russia says that the explosion was caused by terrorists from which country?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Politburo decide to go to war for oil?

2. What does Toland notice about the eulogy for the victims of the explosion at the Kremlin?

3. Why does Sergetov become enraged at the funeral of the victims of the Kremlin explosion?

4. What happens to the Nimitz, the ship Toland is aboard during a Russian attack?

5. What does Toland suspect about the explosion in the Kremlin?

6. What is suspicious about the confession of the alleged terrorist who claims responsibility for the attack on the Kremlin?

7. Why does one of Chernyavin's men blow up the van they traveled in?

8. What are the effects of the execution of four generals in the Russian army?

9. Why does the captain of the Julius Fucik ground the ship after the attack on the Icelandic air base?

10. What are some obstacles Edwards and his men face once they escape the air base?

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