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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dirk send a message back to the Martha Ann from the Starbuck?
(a) He signs the message to the cameras he knows are watching them through the portholes.
(b) Via LT March's underwater walkie-talkie radio.
(c) He bangs out Morse code against the sub's hull.
(d) Via the Starbuck's own radio.

2. What does Dirk start carrying before when he realizes the danger he has put himself in before reporting to Admiral Hunter?
(a) A diver's knife.
(b) His military identification.
(c) A false set of credentials.
(d) A gun.

3. What kind of car does Dirk drive?
(a) An antique Chevy pickup.
(b) A Ford Mustang.
(c) A Volkswagen beetle.
(d) An AC Cobra.

4. Why is diving on a wrecked submarine different from a wrecked ship for Dirk?
(a) Because he feels like he knows this crew from reading the manuscript.
(b) Because ships are supposed to be on the surface of the water, whereas the sub is in its natural environment.
(c) Because he's diving with only one partner this time.
(d) Because the submarine doesn't appear to have been wrecked at all.

5. What does Dirk communicate about the sub's crew in his initial message back to the Martha Ann?
(a) He doesn't mention the crew.
(b) There's evidence of a struggle but no bodies.
(c) It's as though they never existed.
(d) They're dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the correct phrasing to ask someone to repeat their message or to indicate you are repeating your message?

2. Who is Al Giordino?

3. What are the two most important things about the sub's condition that Dirk reports to Boland?

4. How long can the reactor continue to run unattended?

5. How is the Starbuck's reactor room different from previous nuclear submarines?

(see the answer key)

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