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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the hull number of the Starbuck?
(a) 989.
(b) 698.
(c) 899.
(d) 999.

2. What happens to the radio communications between Big Daddy and the Kid?
(a) Kid's radio fails.
(b) The signal is lost due to an electrical storm.
(c) ADM Hunter makes an executive decision to maintain radio silence until the final hour.
(d) Delphi's transmitter intercepts the signal.

3. Why does the Martha Ann appear old and rusted?
(a) The sailor's are more interested in maintaining the battleships than a salvage ship.
(b) She is salvaged from the scrap yard.
(c) She's over forty years old.
(d) Clever camouflage paint.

4. 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 500, all identically sized.
(b) About 50, ranging from 3 to 10 feet each.
(c) About 2,000, roughly 2-3 feet in length each.
(d) About 200, roughly 5-7 feet in length each.

5. What does Dirk start carrying before when he realizes the danger he has put himself in before reporting to Admiral Hunter?
(a) His military identification.
(b) A false set of credentials.
(c) A diver's knife.
(d) A gun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dirk doing at the opening of the book?

2. What is the time lapse between the disaster that befell the ship and the beginning of the narrative that ADM Hunter relates?

3. What does Dirk omit from his report on the fight against Them in his hotel room?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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