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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dirk find in the water when he swims out beyond the breakers at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) A yellow waterproof book with the name of an Admiral on it.
(b) A canister encased in yellow plastic marked US Navy.
(c) A yellow scuba tank marked Russian Navy.
(d) A red life jacket attached to a piece of a Naval uniform.

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

3. The Martha Ann has 20 feet of freeboard, making attack from the surface difficult according to LCDR Boland. What is freeboard?
(a) The distance from the first deck of the ship to the surface of the water.
(b) The ship's height from water surface to the top of her superstructure.
(c) The lip of the deck that juts out over the hull.
(d) The ladders over the side of her hull.

4. What is the correct phrasing to ask someone to repeat their message or to indicate you are repeating your message?
(a) Say again.
(b) Re-transmit.
(c) Second time.
(d) Read back.

5. What ship is responsible for reporting the incident to the Lillie Marlene?
(a) The Verhusson.
(b) The Starbuck.
(c) The San Gabriel.
(d) The Vincent Tourmalier.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it been since someone researched the sunken island at George Papaaloa's museum?

2. What does Roblemann invent?

3. What is the plan for the plane the rescue team flies out to the Pacific Vortex?

4. How many ships have gone missing where the Starbuck is last reported?

5. How is the boarding party killed according to the San Gabriel's report?

(see the answer key)

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