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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Cardinal on the eighth day?

2. With which character does Jack Ryan meet at the CIA?

3. What is seen in the pictures that is worrisome?

4. Which of the following is the path Ramius plans to take with the Red October?

5. Which of the following is the captain of the USS Dallas?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Mancuso and Jones.

2. What is revealed during the Politburo meeting?

3. What ultimatum does the President give to the Russian Ambassador?

4. What are the US government officials attempting to avoid?

5. Why is Ramius's letter delayed in it's arrival?

6. Write about how the CIA offices differ from those meeting places used by the Soviets?

7. How could Jones's relationship with the sonar equipment best be described?

8. Why did Ramius want the doctor and crew to think there was a radiation leak?

9. How did Ramius and his cohorts make the badges show high levels of radiation?

10. Why is Jack Ryan called in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay describing how well Ramius was prepared to successfully defect. Use specific events and details from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing how the author foreshadowed information about the cardinal including his identity throughout the novel using specific examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing dangers which may have happened at specific points in the novel, but did not and how they may have changed future events in the novel.

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