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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dirk describe the smell of a working port as he arrives for his departure on the Martha Ann?
(a) Nauseating and faintly reminiscent of times at sea he'd rather forget.
(b) Oil, gasoline, tar and smoke, with a tinge of saltwater.
(c) A heady aroma of saltwater and Hawaiian flowers with just a hint of gasoline to indicate the work at hand.
(d) Reeking of seaweed and petrol with a touch of seagull crap mixed in.

2. What does the message say that the NUMA zoologist received against a microphone he is using to record fish sounds?
(a) A physical description of a coven of mermaids.
(b) Directions to the nearest port.
(c) Einstein's relativity equation.
(d) An equation for finding the water pressure at the depth the microphone is located.

3. What is unusual about the security on the Martha Ann?
(a) They require three forms of id from Dirk in addition to official orders from ADM Hunter.
(b) The security guards operate in total darkness.
(c) They conduct a full body pat-down search prior to allowing entrance to the ship.
(d) There is none, it's not supposed to be a Naval vessel.

4. What does the Marine guard at ADM Hunter's building on Pearl Harbor base ask Dirk for when he reports?
(a) His weapon.
(b) Recommendations on a barber.
(c) His orders.
(d) His identification.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dirk decide who to give the manuscript to?

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

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

4. How many distress signals have been received from ships that have gone down where the Starbuck is last reported?

5. Who says "As long as there are seas, ships, and men, there will be strange unsolved mysteries."?

(see the answer key)

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