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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How does Summer escape Dirk's hotel room?
(a) By threatening to call the police.
(b) By knotting towels together and escaping out the window.
(c) By threatening Dirk with a gun.
(d) By knocking Dirk out and running.

3. Why does Dirk speculate that the Navy has equipped the Martha Ann with a crew of midgets?
(a) Because so far the only crew members he's seen have all been under 5' 5".
(b) Because the escape helo only carries 15, too few for a normal crew of a vessel like the Martha Ann.
(c) Because he's trying to make a joke with the exasperatingly solemn Boland.
(d) Because the doorways are abnormally low on the Martha Ann.

4. What does Dirk first do with the manuscript he finds?
(a) He puts it back where he found it.
(b) He reads half of it and then puts it away when he realizes it is not for his eyes.
(c) He tosses it in his knapsack for later.
(d) He reads it in its entirety.

5. What smell is associated with the attack on the Lillie Marlene?
(a) Sulfur.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Eucalyptus.
(d) Melting plastic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Martha Ann's depth at the start of their search pattern?

2. Who is Adrian Hunter?

3. How many consonants does the Hawaiian language have?

4. Why is the Starbuck's final position report physically impossible?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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