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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, The Pilottown, Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Sandecker want the President to delay evacuation?
(a) Forty eight hours.
(b) Twenty four hours.
(c) Thirty six hours.
(d) One week.

2. By whom was the young woman escorted around the deck?
(a) The captain.
(b) The slavic engineer.
(c) The forth officer.
(d) The first mate.

3. When was the ship built?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1953.

4. How much money was in the cash shipment?
(a) From 500,000-700,000 dollars.
(b) From 700,000-900,000 dollars.
(c) From 600,000-800,000 dollars.
(d) 1.2 million dollars.

5. Where had Pitt last run into the Catawba?
(a) Near Iceland.
(b) In Russia.
(c) Near Norway.
(d) Near Greenland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the girl's name?

2. What is the name of the ship that brought down the Cumberland?

3. What was the ship carrying?

4. How many times had the volcano erupted in the last century?

5. What was the actual name of the girl?

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