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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Boland's reaction to the news that March is dead?
(a) "This is your fault Dirk."
(b) "How could you let him die?"
(c) "These things happen."
(d) "I'll tell his mother."

2. Why does Dirk argue that the Martha Ann's bevy of detection equipment may not keep her safe come nightfall?
(a) Her sensors are blind in the dark.
(b) The fog that supposedly comes up at night may blind the sensors.
(c) Any electrical malfunction will leave her defenseless.
(d) She has no defenses, the sailors carry no more than sidearms.

3. How long is the hull of the Starbuck?
(a) 500 feet.
(b) 150 feet.
(c) 242 feet.
(d) 320 feet.

4. What is the time lapse between the disaster that befell the ship and the beginning of the narrative that ADM Hunter relates?
(a) Five days.
(b) Six months.
(c) Unknown.
(d) Two weeks.

5. What is "one of the finest undercover salvage operations in the world?"
(a) The 101st Salvage Fleet, ADM Hunter's command.
(b) The Special Projects division of NUMA, Dirk Pitt's command.
(c) NUMA, ADM Sandecker's command.
(d) The Russian Special Undersea Operators Progam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of the manuscript, excerpts of which are transcribed in Chapter 2?

2. Why is the Starbuck's final position report physically impossible?

3. What is the weather as the Martha Ann gets underway?

4. What is Dirk's psychological assessment of sailors in relation to the intention of the staging of the Lillie Marlene?

5. What does SN Farris tell Dirk "They" will do if he uses the radio?

(see the answer key)

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