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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the message say that the NUMA zoologist received against a microphone he is using to record fish sounds?
(a) Directions to the nearest port.
(b) An equation for finding the water pressure at the depth the microphone is located.
(c) A physical description of a coven of mermaids.
(d) Einstein's relativity equation.

2. What color are Dirk's eyes?
(a) Gray.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

3. What is Dirk's military rank?
(a) Lieutenant Colonel.
(b) Major.
(c) Ensign.
(d) Captain.

4. What does the manuscript turn out to be?
(a) 26 pages from the submarine Starbuck's log.
(b) Mostly undreadable.
(c) An unauthorized history of naval submarines.
(d) Half of an Admiral's autobiography.

5. What is Dirk's psychological assessment of sailors in relation to the intention of the staging of the Lillie Marlene?
(a) That they are mostly scientific in their outlook and it would take an extraordinary level of danger to convince them to stay away from an area of ocean.
(b) That most sailors are as mercenary as any other crew.
(c) That their innermost fears are connected to drowning or dying at sea.
(d) That they are committed to a life spent at sea no matter what.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says: "I shot down Admiral Sandecker and his staff over the China Sea."?

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

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

4. What does Dirk discover in Summer's hand when he goes to pick her up and take her back to the hotel?

5. How many distress signals have been received from ships that have gone down where the Starbuck is last reported?

(see the answer key)

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