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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Dirk doing at the opening of the book?
(a) Visiting with friends.
(b) Riding his bike.
(c) Sunbathing.
(d) Swimming.

3. According to CDR Dupree's log, which compartment in the sub is the only compartment breached?
(a) The reactor room.
(b) The captain's quarters.
(c) The forward torpedo room.
(d) The aft missile cabin.

4. How many distress signals have been received from ships that have gone down where the Starbuck is last reported?
(a) Only two.
(b) 112.
(c) None.
(d) Several thousand.

5. How does Admiral Hunter know that Dirk has never served on a submarine?
(a) Dirk does not have the right military bearing.
(b) Dirk does not understand the significance of what he read.
(c) Dirk does not recognize the communications capsule.
(d) ADM Hunter has never heard of Dirk.

Short Answer Questions

1. By ADM Hunter's estimation, how deep is the water where the Starbuck sinks?

2. How does Summer escape Dirk's hotel room?

3. What is the nickname of the area where the Starbuck went missing?

4. What does George Papaaloa ask Dirk about progress on that that Dirk had recently been diving to find?

5. How does the Starbuck hit the seafloor?

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