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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Adrian Hunter?
(a) A spy trying to kill Admiral Hunter.
(b) Admiral Hunter's daughter.
(c) Dirk's girlfriend.
(d) A government operative trying to kill Dirk.

2. What is the size of the school of fish the Martha Ann's sensors detect as they prepare to escape the Pacific Vortex area?
(a) About 2,000, roughly 2-3 feet in length each.
(b) About 500, all identically sized.
(c) About 50, ranging from 3 to 10 feet each.
(d) About 200, roughly 5-7 feet in length each.

3. What smell does Dirk suddenly recognize as the fog begins to envelop the Martha Ann?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Eucalyptus.
(c) Sulfur.
(d) Melting plastic.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Boland's reaction to the news that March is dead?

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

3. Why doesn't Dirk want to leave the Martha Ann on the helicopter to go and get the salvage team?

4. What about the Starbuck's engine room strikes Dirk and LT March as suspicious?

5. How does Dirk describe the smell of a working port as he arrives for his departure on the Martha Ann?

(see the answer key)

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