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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Takeo Yoshida?
(a) A biological warfare expert.
(b) A crane operator for the Yokohama Port Development Corporation.
(c) A Japanese submarine commander.
(d) A Korean diplomat.

2. Who is Garner Ward?
(a) The U.S. President.
(b) The Supreme NATO Commander.
(c) Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(d) The U.S. Vice-President.

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

4. How do Dirk and Summer propose to salvage the bombs from the I-411?
(a) By cutting through the submarine's bulkheads.
(b) By using controlled explosive charges.
(c) By raising the submarine to the surface.
(d) By deploying a team of divers.

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

6. Who is the section chief of the FBI's International Terrorism Operations?
(a) Timothy.
(b) Theodore.
(c) Tyler.
(d) Thomas.

7. How was smallpox first introduced to the New World?
(a) By the crews of Captain Cook.
(b) By the crews of Lief Erikson.
(c) By the crews of Ponce de Leon.
(d) By the crews of Christopher Columbus.

8. What is the name of the island at the lower end of Puget Sound that Dirk and Sarah go to?
(a) Venture Island.
(b) Victory Island.
(c) Vector Island.
(d) Vashon Island.

9. Who is Chris Gavin?
(a) The President of the United States.
(b) A research scientist.
(c) The high-living CEO of SemCom Industries.
(d) Pitt's brother-in-law.

10. Who is Irv Fowler?
(a) An American scientist from WWII.
(b) A scientist saved from the Aleutian Island poisoning at the beginning of the book.
(c) A submarine commander from WWII.
(d) An inventor who learned how to weaponize cyanide.

11. Why do those on board the research vessel head back to port after the rescue?
(a) To quarantine the sick scientists.
(b) To get medical care for the sick scientists.
(c) To refuel and restock supplies.
(d) To reunite the survivors with their loved ones.

12. What does Dirk research when stopping at a small town called Warrenton?
(a) Strange livestock deaths.
(b) Mysterious deaths which occured in 1942.
(c) A sighting of Japanese spies.
(d) An outbreak of a deadly flu strain.

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

14. Where is Kang's private island lair?
(a) Kalispel.
(b) Kyodongdo.
(c) Krypton.
(d) Kalipso.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Summer try to use to cut through the iron ring she and Dirk are handcuffed to?

2. How do Sarah and her fellow scientists survive?

3. What part from a compressor on board the I-411 do Dirk and Summer try to use as a crowbar?

4. Where is the Japanese submarine discovered by a fishing boat?

5. Who does Catana meet at a bar in South Korea?

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