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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the British ambassador congratulate the U.S. ambassador for?
(a) An economic partnership with Tokyo.
(b) His taste in clothes.
(c) His ability to speak Japanese.
(d) His golf game.

2. Who is the captain of the Chinese junk in Chapter 26?
(a) Dirk Pitt, Sr.
(b) Clive Cussler.
(c) Stephen King.
(d) Al Giordino.

3. What attacks the Sea Rover in Chapter 26?
(a) A kamikaze airplane.
(b) A renegade Japanese submarine.
(c) A dozen commandos from Kang's ship.
(d) A Korean fringe group.

4. What is the sunken Japanese ship in Chapter 13 leaking?
(a) Radiation.
(b) Arsenic.
(c) Botox.
(d) Cyanide.

5. Where does the research vessel go after returning to port at the opening of Chapter 5?
(a) Tacoma.
(b) Seattle.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Olympia.

6. Who is described in Chapter 31 as a "fiery bantam?"
(a) Darla.
(b) Sandecker.
(c) Gunn.
(d) Ryan.

7. How does Kang intend for Dirk and Summer to die?
(a) By slow drowning.
(b) By hanging.
(c) By gunshot.
(d) By smallpox infection.

8. What is the Starfish?
(a) A code name for Dirk's sister, Summer.
(b) A high-tech submersible used for scientific exploration.
(c) A sister ship to the Sea Rover.
(d) A high-tech diving suit.

9. What make of car do the Asian thugs drive when chasing Dirk?
(a) A Cadillac.
(b) A Lexus.
(c) A Pinto.
(d) An Infinity.

10. What is the stated desire of the Japanese Red Army?
(a) To occupy the U.S. mainland.
(b) To annex China.
(c) To get America to stop their work in Japan.
(d) To bring communist rule to America.

11. What virus does Kang's research lab chief try to combine with smallpox?
(a) Measles.
(b) H1 - N1.
(c) HIV-1.
(d) Anthrax.

12. What happens to the U.S. ambassador to Japan?
(a) He is poisoned.
(b) He is assassinated.
(c) He is kidnapped.
(d) He dies of a plague.

13. What is the intended purpose of the Odyssey?
(a) As a docking facility for Coast Guard ships.
(b) As an oil drilling platform.
(c) As a pad for rocket launch services.
(d) As a helicopter landing pad.

14. Where are Dirk and Summer during the attack on the Sea Rover?
(a) On the Korean mainland.
(b) On the Japanese mainland.
(c) Several miles out at sea, away from the Sea Rover.
(d) Recovering bombs from a sunken submarine.

15. Who is the engineer on board the Sea Rover?
(a) McMurphy.
(b) McClintock.
(c) McDonald.
(d) McIntosh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Dirk and Jack initially think the fishing trawler is doing in Chapter 2?

2. How was smallpox first introduced to the New World?

3. Who is the captain of the Sea Launch Commander?

4. How is the Japanese sub discovered on the ocean floor?

5. Who is Irv Fowler?

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