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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "one of the finest undercover salvage operations in the world?"
(a) The Russian Special Undersea Operators Progam.
(b) NUMA, ADM Sandecker's command.
(c) The 101st Salvage Fleet, ADM Hunter's command.
(d) The Special Projects division of NUMA, Dirk Pitt's command.

2. Why is Dirk beginning to distrust his situational awareness after his visit to the museum and George Papaaloa?
(a) He is seeing beady-eyed malefactors everywhere.
(b) He is tired and hungover.
(c) He can't concentrate on business because he keeps thinking about Adrian.
(d) He is feeling naïve and vulnerable after his encounter with Summer.

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

4. Why does ADM Hunter think the crew could have still escaped and survived?
(a) The distance from the sub escape hatches to the surface is easily reachable with or without SCUBA gear.
(b) There is a chase ship three nautical miles away.
(c) There are fishing trawler's nearby the crew could have reached.
(d) There are plenty of life rafts.

5. How does LCDR Boland mark the position of the submarine in case they are forced to abandon the site?
(a) An electronic waterproof signal transmitter.
(b) A floating flag buoy.
(c) A dye marker.
(d) An anchored liferaft.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. What is Dirk's military rank?

5. What is dangerous about Dirk's swim out to the object in the water?

(see the answer key)

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