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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ramius's wife die?
(a) Complications after appendicitis
(b) Drowns while visiting him at sea
(c) Commits suicide due to horrible living conditions
(d) Complications after pneumonia

2. What was Tyler working on creating when Greer goes to talk to him?
(a) A model of the Red October
(b) A plan to communicate with Ramius
(c) Plans to destroy the Red October
(d) Plans to board the Red October

3. Which word best describes how Jack Ryan feels about this movement of the Russian subs in the North Atlantic on the fifth day?
(a) Unconcerned
(b) Upset
(c) Bothered
(d) Worried

4. Where is the Cardinal on the eighth day?
(a) In a jail
(b) On board the Red October
(c) Flying back to the United States
(d) In the hospital

5. What evidence does Ryan have?
(a) Ramius's letter
(b) Previous defections
(c) His own books
(d) None

6. What is loaded onto the plane in North Carolina?
(a) Radiation Suits
(b) Underwater rescue vehicle
(c) Soviet Spies
(d) Tyler's model of the Red October

7. Who is sent to England to inform the British government of the new mission?
(a) Mancuso
(b) Tyler
(c) Greer
(d) Ryan

8. What do many of the badges checked show?
(a) Low levels of radiation
(b) Death immanent
(c) Nothing
(d) High levels of radiation

9. Which of the following is the captain of the USS Dallas?
(a) Mancuso
(b) Ramius
(c) Ryan
(d) Jones

10. Which of the following is a synonym for silent as it is used on this day?
(a) Inarticulate
(b) Undeclared
(c) Noisless
(d) Tacit

11. On what basis does Ramius use to select the officers for the Red October?
(a) Those he can trust
(b) Those unhappy with the Soviet government
(c) Those who also grew up in Lithuania
(d) Those who are loyal followers

12. Which of the following best describes Ramius's relationship with his home country?
(a) Complicated
(b) Supportive
(c) Resentful
(d) Honorable

13. What does Jack Ryan bring to his meeting?
(a) Books
(b) Photographs
(c) Nothing
(d) Presents

14. Which of the following is a secret spy in the Soviet Navy?
(a) Magi
(b) Willow
(c) Ryan
(d) Cardinal

15. Who is coming up with a plan to allow some members of the Red October to return to Russia?
(a) Ramius
(b) Greer
(c) Tyler
(d) Ryan

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ramius plan surface the submarine?

2. Where does Ryan go next?

3. Which of the following characters is the sonar specialist on the USS Dallas?

4. Which of the following tracks all naval operations?

5. What does the Russian Ambassador claim the Russian Fleet is doing?

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