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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 58.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the thrust from the rocket launch force the Badger?
(a) To the sea bottom.
(b) Into the side of the Odyssey's flooded port pontoon.
(c) Directly under the launch platform.
(d) Out to sea.

2. What would most likely kill someone on board a Sea Launch platform when a rocket was launched?
(a) Unburned rocket fuel.
(b) Flames from the rocket.
(c) Exhaust fumes.
(d) The concussion accompanying a launch.

3. What is the name of the ghost ship that Giordino mentions as they approach the Odyssey?
(a) The Flying Dutchman.
(b) The Leviathian.
(c) The Mary Celeste.
(d) The Bismarck.

4. What is the issue with the Ukrainian launch engineers prior to the launch from the Koguryo?
(a) They wanted better sleeping quarters.
(b) They couldn't agree on where to position the platform for launch.
(c) They wanted to mutiny.
(d) They felt they weren't receiving enough pay.

5. How does Summer save Dirk from drowning?
(a) She bribes one of Kang's men and he frees Dirk.
(b) She finds a crowbar on the riverbed and breaks his handcuffs.
(c) She breaks the iron ring with a piece of concrete.
(d) She manages to cut through the iron ring with a nail file.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the submerged pontoons on board the Odyssey do?

2. What is the name of the island at the lower end of Puget Sound that Dirk and Sarah go to?

3. What are Dirk Pitt, Sr., and Al Giordino doing in the Philippines?

4. What is the Japanese Red Army?

5. Why is there no manual override on the Odyssey so that the rocket launch might be stopped?

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