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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. How long has it been since Castro came down from the mountains of the Sierra Maestra?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 45 years.
(d) 25 years.

2. After the explosions in Havana, when does the first U.S. Air Force heavy cargo plane land?
(a) One o'clock.
(b) Noon.
(c) Two o'clock.
(d) Five o'clock.

3. How far away are seagulls crushed by the concussion when the Amy Bigalow and Ozero Zaysan blow up?
(a) 5 miles.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 1 mile.
(d) 1 1/2 miles.

4. What time is it when Jack's tugboat returns from the Ozero Baykai to move the next ship?
(a) 6:30.
(b) 4:30.
(c) 3:30.
(d) 5:30.

5. How did Jessie meet Raymond?
(a) She was his secretary.
(b) She was a senior editor of the Prosperteer.
(c) They met at a party.
(d) They were introduced by mutual friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much of a head start does Pitt believe he can gain after leaving the fourth checkpoint?

2. How many people does Velikov want left behind to die in the explosions in Havana?

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

4. What type of plane does Major Hollyman fly?

5. Who calls Sandecker while he is mourning the deaths of Gunn, Giordino and Pitt?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Clark die?

2. What is a Dasher?

3. Why do the Soviets believe that the Cubans are responsible for the destruction of the communications center on Cayo Santa Maria?

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

5. What happened when Pitt and Quintana burst into the communications center?

6. How do the colonists defeat the Russians?

7. What does Raul Castro want Fidel Castro to do?

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

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

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

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