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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For the first time in their lives, the Sea Launch platform crew are happy about something. What is it?
(a) A launch failure.
(b) A Presidential citation.
(c) A TV interview.
(d) A raise.

2. What does Dirk correctly identify the Koguryo to be?
(a) The North Star.
(b) The Belcher.
(c) The Baekje.
(d) The Ahab.

3. Where does Kang's ship plan to go after the rocket launch?
(a) To the Arctic.
(b) To Mexican waters.
(c) To the Gulf of Mexico.
(d) To the Atlantic.

4. How does Pitt Sr. think Kang will deliver the biological weapon to the United States?
(a) With a submarine-fired missile.
(b) With the Korean equivalent of a Navy SEAL team.
(c) With a commercial freighter.
(d) With an ICBM.

5. What does Tongju tell the Ukrainian engineers to do in order to launch the weapons toward the U.S. mainland?
(a) Scrub the weapon launch.
(b) Ignore the weather and hold their position.
(c) Follow orders no matter what and not bother him with details.
(d) Move the Koguryo closer to the U.S. coast.

6. What happens to the rocket after its launch?
(a) It explodes in midair.
(b) It drops harmlessly into the sea.
(c) It crashes into Kang's ship.
(d) It reaches suborbitial flight.

7. According to an engineer speaking to Ling, what is the angle of deviation on board the Odyssey prior to launch?
(a) Seven degrees.
(b) Three degrees.
(c) Ten degrees.
(d) Five degrees.

8. Who reaches the Koguryo before it is able to fire on the Icarus?
(a) Coast Guard cutters.
(b) Marine helicopters.
(c) Navy jets.
(d) Air National Guard jets.

9. Who intervenes as Dirk and Dahlgren overcome two guards on the Odyssey?
(a) Kang.
(b) Ahab.
(c) Tongju.
(d) Queeg.

10. What does Dahlgren mistake for launch debris as the Icarus approaches the Odyssey?
(a) The U-238.
(b) The Badger.
(c) The Wolverine.
(d) The Jules Verne.

11. Why does Tongju have his prisoners on board the Odyssey transferred to a storage shed?
(a) So they can be held for ransom.
(b) So they will be killed by the rocket launch.
(c) So they will be kept safe during the rocket launch.
(d) So they will be difficult to find should the Odyssey be boarded.

12. Where are the remains of the rocket payload taken to for analysis?
(a) MacDill Air Force Base.
(b) Patrick Air Force Base.
(c) Vandenberg Air Force base.
(d) Travis Air Force Base.

13. Who is the engineer that informs Ling about the launchpad horizontal deviation on board the Odyssey as the rocket launches?
(a) Chin.
(b) Chang.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Choi.

14. What does Pitt sneak into a funding bill for NUMA?
(a) A satellite.
(b) A jet ski.
(c) A blimp.
(d) A hydrofoil.

15. What type of watch does Pitt wear?
(a) A Timex.
(b) A Rolex.
(c) A Fossil.
(d) A Doxa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What craft does the Icarus pursue in Chapter 62?

2. How do those on board the Koguryo know something is wrong with the Odyssey?

3. What does Lee do when he realizes he will be captured?

4. What does Pitt Sr. offer to supplement the work of the Coast Guard in protecting the U.S. mainland from biological attack?

5. What causes the captainless crew of the Koguryo to have "thrown in the towel?"

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