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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Dirk initially talking to in the bar at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel?
(a) Lieutenant Commander Paul Boland.
(b) Commander Burdette Denver.
(c) Captain Orl Cinana.
(d) Lieutenant Summer Moran.

2. How long does it take Dirk to recover himself after Summer attacks him and he knocks her out enough to get them both back to his hotel room?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) One hour.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) Four minutes.

3. 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) Unknown.
(c) Five days.
(d) Two weeks.

4. Who is Dirk Pitt's father?
(a) Chief, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(b) A Senator from California, Chairman of the Naval Appropriations Committee.
(c) A Representative from Minnesota, on the House Armed Services Committee.
(d) White House Chief of Staff.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Summer's hair?

2. What is Dirk wearing when he goes to see Admiral Hunter for the first time?

3. Which seamen could have survived immediately after "the disaster" befell the Starbuck according to the logbook?

4. How does Dirk carry Summer to the hotel?

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

(see the answer key)

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