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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. Who went on the Amie Marie following the Lieutenant and the Ensign?
(a) Doc Thayer.
(b) Amos Dover.
(c) No one went on board.
(d) The Catawba's first mate.

2. How deep is the well in which the army wants to dispose of the Nerve agent?
(a) Four thousand feet.
(b) Eight thousand feet.
(c) Twelve thousand feet.
(d) Two thousand feet.

3. For whom did Oscar Lucas work?
(a) A local factory.
(b) A laundromat.
(c) Starbucks.
(d) The Secret Service.

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

5. How potent is this compound?
(a) 1 tsp = death to everything in four million gallons of surrounding sea water.
(b) 1 cup = death to every living organism in the ocean.
(c) 1 tbs = death to everything in two million gallons of seawater.
(d) 1 gallon = death to the planet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who had intruded on her privacy in her cabin?

3. Who did Julie Mendoza meet first aboard the NUMA vessel?

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

5. What two emotions lay dormant in the woman?

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