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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is one reason the Navy doesn't consider the Starbuck's commanding officer's last statement of position to be credible?
(a) They believe Dirk is perpetrating a hoax.
(b) They don't believe in the Pacific Vortex.
(c) They believe the Russians planted the manuscript.
(d) They don't trust ADM Hunter.

3. Why does ADM Hunter think CDR Dupree ordered his captain's log delivered to him?
(a) CDR Dupree is hallucinating and imagined that ADM Hunter is nearby.
(b) ADM Hunter does not know.
(c) CDR Dupree admired ADM Hunter.
(d) CDR Dupree does no such thing, those directions are added later.

4. Who is Adrian Hunter?
(a) A spy trying to kill Admiral Hunter.
(b) A government operative trying to kill Dirk.
(c) Admiral Hunter's daughter.
(d) Dirk's girlfriend.

5. By ADM Hunter's estimation, how deep is the water where the Starbuck sinks?
(a) 1 nautical mile.
(b) 500 feet.
(c) 160 feet.
(d) 3,000 yards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the time lapse between the disaster that befell the ship and the beginning of the narrative that ADM Hunter relates?

2. Why does Dirk take Summer back to his hotel room after he knocks her out?

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

4. What is Dirk's official professional title?

5. How does the Starbuck hit the seafloor?

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