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Pacific Vortex | Quiz

Clive Cussler
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Pacific Vortex | Quiz

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1)

What weather phenomenon features in both the reports of the Lillie Marlene and the Starbuck? (from Chapter 6)

A rogue wave.
A waterspout.
A maelstrom or vortex.
An isolated fog bank.
2)

What argument does Summer use to convince Delphi not to shoot Al and Dirk inside the seamount? (from Chapter 17)

That she loves Dirk.
That he should not being death and bloodshed within his home.
That the blood will stain the floor.
That she's afraid of guns.
3)

How does Dirk describe the smell of a working port as he arrives for his departure on the Martha Ann? (from Chapter 7)

Oil, gasoline, tar and smoke, with a tinge of saltwater.
Reeking of seaweed and petrol with a touch of seagull crap mixed in.
A heady aroma of saltwater and Hawaiian flowers with just a hint of gasoline to indicate the work at hand.
Nauseating and faintly reminiscent of times at sea he'd rather forget.
4)

How does Dirk suggest the captain's log from the Starbuck is forged? (from Chapter 6)

By raiding his home for handwriting exemplars.
By forcing the captain to write it using the threat of torture.
Using a special tracing machine.
Using the actual captain's log, his correspondence and diary.
5)

How long does the Navy extend searches for its missing vessels or crew? (from Chapter 7)

72 hours.
60 days.
Indefinitely.
he Navy does not conduct search and rescue, the Coast Guard does.
6)

Why is diving on a wrecked submarine different from a wrecked ship for Dirk? (from Chapter 9)

Because the submarine doesn't appear to have been wrecked at all.
Because ships are supposed to be on the surface of the water, whereas the sub is in its natural environment.
Because he feels like he knows this crew from reading the manuscript.
Because he's diving with only one partner this time.
7)

How does Dirk finally break Delphi's facade of cool indifference? (from Chapter 17)

By insulting Summer.
By refusing to acknowledge his own danger and physical suffering.
By pretending not to know Al.
By calling him out as a phony.
8)

What does Dirk do for Al's injured hand? (from Chapter 18)

He wraps it in seaweed.
He uses a scrap of Summer's dress to make a tourniquet.
He gives him his swim trunks as a bandage.
Nothing.
9)

What is Dirk's plan of action on the Martha Ann with only two hours to go before dark falls? (from Chapter 8)

To build a decoy to help defend the ship from the probable nighttime attack.
To improvise the best defenses the crew can muster.
To conduct an underwater search of the seamount.
To dive on the sub.
10)

Roughly how large is the Martha Ann in Dirk's estimate? (from Chapter 7)

60,000 lbs.
240,000 lbs.
12,000 tons.
2,000 tons.
11)

How does Adrian escape when the men from the sea come ashore and kill her friend? (from Chapter 12)

Out the window.
Through a trapdoor under the bed.
Through a connecting bathroom.
Through a two-way closet.
12)

What does Dirk communicate about the sub's crew in his initial message back to the Martha Ann? (from Chapter 9)

It's as though they never existed.
There's evidence of a struggle but no bodies.
They're dead.
He doesn't mention the crew.
13)

Why does the Martha Ann appear old and rusted? (from Chapter 7)

She is salvaged from the scrap yard.
Clever camouflage paint.
The sailor's are more interested in maintaining the battleships than a salvage ship.
She's over forty years old.
14)

How is the rescue team tracking the submarine's location? (from Chapter 14)

Using the electronic marker Boland placed from the Martha Ann.
Following the line of the flag buoy Boland left in place.
Using a chart and the geo-coordinates Boland marked.
Using a metal detector.
15)

Whose responsibility is it to plot the new search area for the Martha Ann after Dirk's interpretation of the evidence? (from Chapter 6)

CDR Denver.
ADM Hunter.
LCDR Boland.
CDR Denver.
16)

Who does Dirk go in search of before taking off in the helicopter? (from Chapter 11)

LCDR Boland.
More of "Them" to kill.
The helmsman.
SN Farris.
17)

What happens to the radio communications between Big Daddy and the Kid? (from Chapter 14)

Delphi's transmitter intercepts the signal.
ADM Hunter makes an executive decision to maintain radio silence until the final hour.
The signal is lost due to an electrical storm.
Kid's radio fails.
18)

What is Boland's reaction to the news that March is dead? (from Chapter 10)

"I'll tell his mother."
"This is your fault Dirk."
"These things happen."
"How could you let him die?"
19)

How many of Delphi's men does Crowhaven's team kill? (from Chapter 16)

Three.
Seven.
Fourteen.
Two.
20)

How does Al prevent Delphi's gun from killing Dirk? (from Chapter 18)

He jams the trigger, preventing it from being pulled back.
He sticks his finger in the gun barrel.
He secretly unloads the ammunition when Delphi is distracted.
He puts his finger between the hammer and the striker pin.
21)

Why doesn't Dirk want to leave the Martha Ann on the helicopter to go and get the salvage team? (from Chapter 8)

He doesn't want to miss the action on the Martha Ann.
He doesn't believe the sub can be salvaged.
Because he's afraid to fly in the dark.
Because if something happens, there is no alternate escape route for the crew.
22)

The Martha Ann has 20 feet of freeboard, making attack from the surface difficult according to LCDR Boland. What is freeboard? (from Chapter 11)

The distance from the first deck of the ship to the surface of the water.
The ladders over the side of her hull.
The ship's height from water surface to the top of her superstructure.
The lip of the deck that juts out over the hull.
23)

What strikes Dirk as odd about the galley and lounge area of the Starbuck on his initial recon mission with LT March? (from Chapter 9)

The tv is still working.
There is no corrosion on anything.
There is no paper and nothing perishable.
There are stacks of dirty dishes, but no soap.
24)

How many men escape with Dirk on the helicopter from the Martha Ann? (from Chapter 11)

16.
All of them plus Farris.
11.
Six.
25)

What is Dirk's psychological assessment of sailors in relation to the intention of the staging of the Lillie Marlene? (from Chapter 6)

That their innermost fears are connected to drowning or dying at sea.
That most sailors are as mercenary as any other crew.
That they are committed to a life spent at sea no matter what.
That they are mostly scientific in their outlook and it would take an extraordinary level of danger to convince them to stay away from an area of ocean.
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