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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 Dirk's official professional title?
(a) Director of the National Maritime Domain Council.
(b) Special Projects Director of the National Underwater and Marine Agency.
(c) National Undersea Warfare, Chief Counsel.
(d) Naval Appropriations Director.

2. What accounts for the ocean turning a greenish color as the Martha Ann approaches the shallower water of the seamount?
(a) Source unknown.
(b) Vegetation growing on the seamount.
(c) Toxic waste spewing from the submarine's damaged reactor.
(d) A dye marker in the water.

3. Who is the narrator of Chapter 2?
(a) CDR Dupree.
(b) Dirk Pratt.
(c) LT Carter.
(d) ADM Hunter.

4. How many consonants does the Hawaiian language have?
(a) 14.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 7.

5. Why doesn't Dirk want to leave the Martha Ann on the helicopter to go and get the salvage team?
(a) He doesn't believe the sub can be salvaged.
(b) Because if something happens, there is no alternate escape route for the crew.
(c) He doesn't want to miss the action on the Martha Ann.
(d) Because he's afraid to fly in the dark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unique feature of the Martha Ann's navigational equipment makes her totally crew-independent?

2. What is Dirk's new assignment now that he has read the submarine log and reported it?

3. What does the Marine guard at ADM Hunter's building on Pearl Harbor base ask Dirk for when he reports?

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

5. What does George Papaaloa ask Dirk about progress on that that Dirk had recently been diving to find?

(see the answer key)

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