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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. Which lunar probe managed to return to earth after orbiting for eighteen months?
(a) Selenos 3.
(b) Selenos 1.
(c) Selenos 2.
(d) Selenos 4.

2. Whose body do the Soviets say is recovered from the communications center on Cayo Santa Maria?
(a) Raymond LeBaron.
(b) Foss Gly.
(c) Lyev Maisky.
(d) General Velikov.

3. When Velikov and Maisky inspect the island communication center, how long has it been since the lunar transporter docked at the space station?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 1 hour.
(c) 6 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

4. What does Lyev Maisky tell General Velikov his new mission will be?
(a) Assassinate Castro.
(b) Bring down the Gettysburg on Cuban soil.
(c) Kill the Americans.
(d) Repair the Prosperteer.

5. A man comes walking down the street toward Sandecker, Giordino, and Jessie with a large group of children. What are they singing?
(a) Battle Hymn of the Republic.
(b) Amazing Grace.
(c) Yankee Doodle.
(d) Ants Go Marching.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only missing member of the Inner Core?

2. How far are Pitt, Manny, and the others from the shore when the tidal wave hits?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 40, how much longer does Pitt expect his motor to keep running?

4. What type of car comes up behind Jessie, Pitt, and the taxi driver when they are at a fourth checkpoint?

5. Where is a piece of the Ozero Zaysan's forward mast found?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pitt learn when he calls Weehawken Marine Products?

2. Why is Major Gus Hollyman flying scared at the beginning of Chapter 56?

3. What does Jessie think she sees while she is sitting at the makeshift hospital waiting to have a cup of coffee with Sandecker and Giordino?

4. What is the problem with the engines of the Amy Bigalow and the Ozero Zaysan?

5. What is a Dasher?

6. Why does Giordino throw the coffee cups that he was bringing to Sandecker and Jessie over his shoulder?

7. In Chapter 72, where is Velikov taken when his limousine is stopped by a roadblock?

8. Why does Pitt decide that the ships are the bombs that the Russians intend to set off in Havana?

9. What may be the purpose of the Russian installation?

10. How did Raymond LeBaron die?

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