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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 decide who to give the manuscript to?
(a) Admiral Leigh Hunter is the only military command officer Dirk knows in the area.
(b) The manuscript is addressed to Admiral Leigh Hunter.
(c) Dirk guesses that Admiral Leigh Hunter might be interested.
(d) The manuscript is written by Admiral Leigh Hunter.

2. How long does it take for Dirk to get the helicopter the Martha Ann is carrying from a cold start into the air?
(a) 10 minutes.
(b) 40 seconds.
(c) One hour.
(d) 90 seconds.

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

4. Who says: "I shot down Admiral Sandecker and his staff over the China Sea."?
(a) ADM Hunter.
(b) CDR Denver.
(c) Dirk Pitt.
(d) LCDR Boland.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Adrian Hunter?

2. Who says to Dirk: "If you keep staring at me, I'll be forced to charge you admission."?

3. What is the radio code for having found the Starbuck?

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

5. What branch of the military does Dirk belong to?

(see the answer key)

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