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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has the Dallas succeeded in doing?
(a) Finding the Ethan Allen
(b) Destroying the Red October
(c) Locking on to the Red October
(d) Decoding secret Soviet messages

2. Filitov is in what position?
(a) KGB
(b) Chief Engineer
(c) CIA
(d) Ministry of Defense

3. What does the Pentagon think the Soviet Navy is planning in regards to the Red October?
(a) Leading it back to Russia
(b) Sinking it in the open sea
(c) Trapping it in a port
(d) Surrounding it

4. What is the status of the injured Russian soldier on the eleventh day?
(a) Died
(b) No improvement
(c) Full recovery
(d) Some improvement

5. Which of the following equipment can be used to track vessels and planes in the ocean?
(a) Radar
(b) Sonar
(c) Both of the above answers
(d) Neither of the above answers

6. Who kills the spy?
(a) Ramius
(b) Henderson
(c) Ryan
(d) Williams

7. Which of he following characters impresses the Soviets on the Red October?
(a) Mancuso
(b) Jones
(c) Ryan
(d) Ramius

8. What does the Russian Ambassador accuse the Americans of?
(a) Stealing the Red October
(b) Kidnapping the crew of the Red October
(c) Harming the crew of the Red October
(d) Starting a war

9. Which of the following best describes how the remainder of the trip to the port went?
(a) Major incidents
(b) Without incident
(c) Complicated
(d) Minor incidents

10. What other vessel heads off to meet the other two ships?
(a) Deep sea rescue vehicle
(b) Porgy
(c) Politovskiy
(d) Kennedy

11. In what city does the Red October end up?
(a) New York
(b) Norfolk
(c) Washington
(d) Miami

12. The assembling of the Air Force is meant to do what to the Russians?
(a) Scare them
(b) Engage them
(c) Intimidate them
(d) Surprise them

13. What is the name of the submarine filled with explosives for its last mission?
(a) Kennedy
(b) Porgy
(c) Ethan Allen
(d) Red October

14. Who finds a minor radiation leak on the Red October?
(a) Cook
(b) No one
(c) Chief engineer
(d) Ramius

15. What does the Pentagon want to tell the Red October on the twelfth day?
(a) Not to approach port
(b) That they know about the defection
(c) That they have captured an injured sailor
(d) That the radiation leak is real

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms best describes the condition of the injured Russian soldier?

2. At the end of the novel, what happens to most of the characters?

3. What happens to Ramius?

4. How does the Konovalov identify the Red October?

5. How many missiles actually made connection with an American plane?

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