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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. How does Dirk decide who to give the manuscript to?
(a) Admiral Leigh Hunter is the only military command officer Dirk knows in the area.
(b) Dirk guesses that Admiral Leigh Hunter might be interested.
(c) The manuscript is addressed to Admiral Leigh Hunter.
(d) The manuscript is written by Admiral Leigh Hunter.

2. What is dangerous about Dirk's swim out to the object in the water?
(a) 15 foot waves.
(b) Coral reefs and kelp.
(c) Riptides and sharks.
(d) Dirk doesn't swim very well.

3. Why is diving on a wrecked submarine different from a wrecked ship for Dirk?
(a) Because ships are supposed to be on the surface of the water, whereas the sub is in its natural environment.
(b) Because he's diving with only one partner this time.
(c) Because the submarine doesn't appear to have been wrecked at all.
(d) Because he feels like he knows this crew from reading the manuscript.

4. Roughly how large is the Martha Ann in Dirk's estimate?
(a) 240,000 lbs.
(b) 60,000 lbs.
(c) 2,000 tons.
(d) 12,000 tons.

5. Besides his direction on delivering his message, what is CDR Dupree's final request?
(a) Do not search for us.
(b) Let the world know there ARE extra-terrestrials on Earth.
(c) Please communicate with my family.
(d) Do not let them get us.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dirk communicate about the sub's crew in his initial message back to the Martha Ann?

2. What is Dirk's new assignment now that he has read the submarine log and reported it?

3. How is the boarding party killed according to the San Gabriel's report?

4. What is "one of the finest undercover salvage operations in the world?"

5. What is Dirk's official professional title?

Short Essay Questions

1. ADM Hunter refers to CDR Dupree as having a reputation for a computer-like mind. Going back to the prologue, what are some statements that support this view of Hunter's? (Dupree refers to "Annapolis." What does he mean by that?)

2. Capt. Cinana quotes a Naval saying: "Those that lie deep in the Atlantic Sea Are recalled by shrines, wreathes and poetry, But those who lie in Pacific Sea Lie forgotten for all eternity." What does this mean?

3. "Perhaps Pitt could do the impossible after all." These words go through Boland's mind after he hears that Pitt is radioing the Martha Ann from the Starbuck. There are several other references throughout the book so far that indicate Dirk has a reputation for being the sort of person who makes the wildly improbable succeed effortless. Who else has said this and where is that perception originating?

4. Cussler also provides good information about shark behavior and risks. What is it?

5. How does Cussler describe ADM Sandecker at the beginning of Chapter that makes him seem like a likely person to work with Dirk Pitt?

6. What is the Fullerton Fracture Zone? Does it actually exist?

7. What is the significance of the Lillie Marlene?

8. How does Adrian Hunter feel about her father? Use quotes from Chapter to support your position.

9. Other than the submarine not being wholly flooded, what is the single most important fact that Dirk relays over the Starbuck's radio to the Martha Ann and why is it of the utmost significance?

10. Acting on a hunch, Dirk goes to the Polynesian history museum to visit a friend well versed in the history and culture of the Hawaiian and Pacific Islands. Why?

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