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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dirk's new assignment now that he has read the submarine log and reported it?
(a) He is go deep undercover to avoid any connection with the missing submarine.
(b) He is to help in the salvage operation of the Starbuck.
(c) He is to investigate Russian activity that led to the loss of the Starbuck.
(d) He is to help in the government cover-up of the loss of the Starbuck.

2. How is Dirk's death intended to appear?
(a) As though he vanished of his own free will after accepting money for secrets.
(b) Like he eloped with Adrian.
(c) Like a mob hit.
(d) Accidental drowning.

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

4. What words does LCDR Boland have tattooed on his arm?
(a) Bravery in Action.
(b) Death before dishonor.
(c) God Bless America.
(d) Be all that you can be.

5. How does Dirk describe the smell of a working port as he arrives for his departure on the Martha Ann?
(a) Nauseating and faintly reminiscent of times at sea he'd rather forget.
(b) Reeking of seaweed and petrol with a touch of seagull crap mixed in.
(c) A heady aroma of saltwater and Hawaiian flowers with just a hint of gasoline to indicate the work at hand.
(d) Oil, gasoline, tar and smoke, with a tinge of saltwater.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "one of the finest undercover salvage operations in the world?"

2. What is unusual about the security on the Martha Ann?

3. How does Dirk discover LT March after he realizes they are not alone on the submarine?

4. What weather phenomenon features in both the reports of the Lillie Marlene and the Starbuck?

5. What is the first year of record for missing ships in the Pacific Vortex?

(see the answer key)

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