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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. Five Russian soldiers die in the family's farmhouse. How are they killed?
(a) They get in a fight and kill each other.
(b) Edwards and his men kill them.
(c) They eat poisoned food that the family gave them.
(d) The family shoots them.

2. After McCafferty arrives in Scotland, what does he discover about his skirmish with the Russian convoy?
(a) He interupted a Norwegian attack on the Russians.
(b) He managed to sink a Russian vessel.
(c) He damaged three Russian ships.
(d) He frightened the Russians away.

3. Before Morris sails from New York Harbor, he is joined by a reporter. What is the reporter's name?
(a) Rick Kogan.
(b) Gerald Marzorati.
(c) Patrick Flynn.
(d) William Calloway.

4. Edwards and his men are supposed to hike about two hundred miles. How long is their journey supposed to last?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) A month.
(c) Two months.
(d) Ten days.

5. Toland observes that the Allied forces are capable of beating the Russians, but they must be able to do what first?
(a) Intimidate them.
(b) Buy more missiles.
(c) Locate them.
(d) Cooperate with other countries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Terry Mackell has great success locating tanks with what kind of instrument?

2. Where are Alekeseyev and Sergetov when their helicopter is shot down?

3. When Edward and Vigdis encounter an enemy helicopter, how do they avoid detection?

4. An American soldier and Major Chapeyev are shot down in the same area, and Chapeyev attempts to take the American captive. What does the American ask the Chapeyev that dissuades him from doing so?

5. After the Americans attack the Keflavik air base, Edwards announces that he and his men will have to relocate to a third location. Why?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prompts Sergetov to ask Georgiyevich if the war is a mistake?

2. What does O'Malley say is significant about the military's refusal to use the word "killing"?

3. When Alekeseyev and Sergetov discuss the offensive in Germany, do they decide that the war is going well, or that it is going poorly?

4. Why is McCafferty frustrated with his actions against the Russians?

5. What does Sergetov's son say when his father questions him about the war?

6. What happens to the helicopter Alekeseyev and Sergetov are on in Germany, and what do the men do afterward?

7. How does Morris react when Calloway, an American reporter, sails with Morris's crew?

8. Describe the interaction between the Russian and American pilots who end up near each other in the ocean after an air fight.

9. Why does Morris treat the captured Russian sailors so well?

10. How does Morris respond when the Battleaxe asks, "What the Devil is a Ruben James?"

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