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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Sarah and her fellow scientists survive?
(a) They had sinus infections that kept the toxin from entering their lungs.
(b) They had antibodies that made them immune to the toxin.
(c) They were given an antidote.
(d) They were exposed to a low level of toxin.

2. What animals experienced mysterious deaths in the area of the research vessel?
(a) Sea lions.
(b) Whales.
(c) Sea urchins.
(d) Dolphins

3. Where does Sarah awaken in Chapter 2?
(a) On board a submarine.
(b) On a research vessel belonging to NUMA.
(c) On a deserted island.
(d) On board a Navy destroyer.

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

5. What injury does Sarah sustain in the car chase and subsequent wreck?
(a) A broken arm.
(b) A broken leg.
(c) A skull fracture.
(d) A broken rib.

6. What character is stricken by smallpox in Chapter 16?
(a) Irv Fowler.
(b) Dae-jong Kang.
(c) Chris Gavin.
(d) Dirk Pitt.

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

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

9. Who does Kang meet with in his mansion in Chapter 14?
(a) Three research scientists.
(b) Three politicians.
(c) Three military officials.
(d) Three doctors.

10. Who is Raul Biazon?
(a) A biologist for the Philippine government.
(b) A double agent.
(c) A scientist working for the Japanese Red Army.
(d) A helicopter pilot.

11. What was smallpox known as by the ancient Aztecs?
(a) The Great Disease.
(b) The Great Plague.
(c) The Great Leprosy.
(d) The Black Death.

12. What has been removed from the Japanese sub Dirk and Dahlgren discover?
(a) A canister.
(b) Fuel cells.
(c) A nuclear reactor.
(d) A nuclear warhead.

13. What port does the Baekje dock at?
(a) Pearl Harbor.
(b) Inchon.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Okinawa.

14. What part from a compressor on board the I-411 do Dirk and Summer try to use as a crowbar?
(a) A handle.
(b) A piston.
(c) A titanium rod.
(d) A widget.

15. What happens to the U.S. Embassy's Deputy Chief of Mission?
(a) He is shot in a hotel washroom.
(b) He is kidnapped by Japanese terrorists.
(c) He kills a washroom attendant.
(d) He is revealed to be a double agent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the payload on board the I-403's final voyage?

3. What country does the Baekje go to?

4. Who picks up Dirk and Summer to take them back to America?

5. What does the bald man in the hotel room do to Catana?

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