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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 happens to the Pharris in chapter 27?

2. How do Alekeseyev and Sergetov leave the scene the helicopter crash?

3. Edwards and his men are supposed to hike about two hundred miles. How long is their journey supposed to last?

4. How does O'Malley try to help Morris deal with the deaths of the men on the Pharris?

5. How does Morris communicate with the Russian prisoners from the sunken submarine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prompts Sergetov to ask Georgiyevich if the war is a mistake?

2. Describe Edwards's and his men's actions when they realize they have been spotted by Russian forces.

3. After the Pharris sinks a Russian submarine, how does Morris treat the Russian sailors he captures?

4. Do the crews of the Ruben James and the Battleaxe get along?

5. Why is Vigdis's pregnancy not unusual in Icelandic society?

6. Why do Edwards and his men attack and kill five Russian soldiers at a local farmhouse?

7. Describe the interaction between the Russian and American pilots who end up near each other in the ocean after an air fight.

8. What contributes to Edwards's decision to relocate his men a second time?

9. How does O'Malley react after he sinks his first submarine?

10. What happens to the helicopter Alekeseyev and Sergetov are on in Germany, and what do the men do afterward?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the structure and political maneuvering of the Russian government through Red Storm Rising's plot. After establishing the style, structure, and function of the Russian government, analyze how those elements influence the outcome of the Red Storm offensive. If the country's government was structured differently, would the outcome of the war have been the same? Be sure to support each point with a specific example from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Red Storm Rising was published in the midst of the Cold War. It includes many elements of Cold War politics, technological advances, and plays on many emotions and fears commonly held by people during the Cold War era. For a novel that is so time-specific, is Red Storm Rising still culturally significant today?

Essay Topic 3

Russia's history during World War II plays an important role in the development of Red Storm. Briefly explain Russia's past conflict with Germany, then trace the significance of that history throughout the book's plot. How does the Russian government manipulate the country's past enmity with Germany to serve its own purpose?

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