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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dirk and Al leave the rescue team to salvage the Starbuck while they go to do what?
(a) Find Summer Moran.
(b) Find the entrance to the seamount and rescue Adrian Hunter.
(c) Arrest Delphi.
(d) Keep watch for Delphi's men.

2. What s the first indication that the Martha Ann is in danger at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Sudden change in sea state.
(b) A thick fog coming up from the ocean surface.
(c) Sudden radio silence.
(d) A continuous thumping sound coming from the bottom of the hull.

3. Which friend of her father's does Adrian admit to Dirk she has been sleeping with?
(a) ADM Sandecker.
(b) CDR Denver.
(c) CAPT Cinana.
(d) LCDR Boland.

4. What does Dirk discover attached to the handrail on the side of the ship at the battle between the Martha Ann's crew and the men from the sea?
(a) A grappling hook.
(b) A floating line.
(c) A jacob's ladder.
(d) A ramp.

5. What does Dirk omit from his report on the fight against Them in his hotel room?
(a) Summer's involvement.
(b) The plan to make his death look accidental.
(c) Adrian's story.
(d) His anticipation of the attack.

6. How is Dirk's death intended to appear?
(a) Like a mob hit.
(b) Like he eloped with Adrian.
(c) As though he vanished of his own free will after accepting money for secrets.
(d) Accidental drowning.

7. What smell does Dirk suddenly recognize as the fog begins to envelop the Martha Ann?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Melting plastic.
(c) Sulfur.
(d) Eucalyptus.

8. What kind of shark meets Al as he speeds towards the surface with Adrian?
(a) Mako.
(b) Great White.
(c) Hammerhead.
(d) None.

9. Who is Lavella?
(a) A physicist who specialized in hydrology.
(b) A geologist who specialized in underwater topography.
(c) A mathematician who specialized in ocean current prediction.
(d) A marine biologist who specialized in gill evolution.

10. What argument does Summer use to convince Delphi not to shoot Al and Dirk inside the seamount?
(a) That he should not being death and bloodshed within his home.
(b) That the blood will stain the floor.
(c) That she's afraid of guns.
(d) That she loves Dirk.

11. What is the size of the school of fish the Martha Ann's sensors detect as they prepare to escape the Pacific Vortex area?
(a) About 50, ranging from 3 to 10 feet each.
(b) About 200, roughly 5-7 feet in length each.
(c) About 500, all identically sized.
(d) About 2,000, roughly 2-3 feet in length each.

12. What does "noncom" mean as it is used in the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Non-communicative, meaning unable or unwilling to speak.
(b) Not-in-compliance, meaning the person or vessel is not obeying instructions.
(c) Non-commissioned, meaning not an authorized Naval vessel.
(d) Non-commissioned, meaning not an officer.

13. What is in the hypodermic syringe that Summer assaults Dirk with?
(a) Enough Thorazine to lay out a horse.
(b) A heavy dose of AP-23 barbituate, a knockout drug.
(c) Scopolamine, exactly as she said.
(d) DG-10, a deadly poison.

14. What two scientists does Dirk report to when he arrives at Pearl Harbor after the attack in his hotel room?
(a) Doctors Trinidad and Goldman.
(b) Doctors Ford and Newce.
(c) Doctors Lavella and Roblemann.
(d) Doctors Chrysler and York.

15. What does Roblemann invent?
(a) A gene therapy that would allow humans to develop webbed hands and feet.
(b) An underwater pump system big enough for a seamount.
(c) A prosthetic fin for human use.
(d) A combination gill-lung that surgically attached to a human's chest.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Adrian escape when the men from the sea come ashore and kill her friend?

2. Where is Delphi's transmitter that allows him to jam radio signals?

3. Who wakes up Dirk after he reaches his hotel room and falls asleep after leaving the hospital?

4. Why does Delphi let SN Farris live?

5. What does SN Farris tell Dirk "They" will do if he uses the radio?

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