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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Lavella?
(a) A marine biologist who specialized in gill evolution.
(b) A physicist who specialized in hydrology.
(c) A geologist who specialized in underwater topography.
(d) A mathematician who specialized in ocean current prediction.

2. What smell is associated with the attack on the Lillie Marlene?
(a) Sulfur.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Melting plastic.
(d) Eucalyptus.

3. What is Dirk wearing when he goes to see Admiral Hunter for the first time?
(a) His military uniform.
(b) His bathing suit.
(c) His wetsuit.
(d) His business suit.

4. The Martha Ann has 20 feet of freeboard, making attack from the surface difficult according to LCDR Boland. What is freeboard?
(a) The ship's height from water surface to the top of her superstructure.
(b) The lip of the deck that juts out over the hull.
(c) The ladders over the side of her hull.
(d) The distance from the first deck of the ship to the surface of the water.

5. How is the boarding party killed according to the San Gabriel's report?
(a) They are not killed.
(b) They drowned.
(c) They are victims of the killers "from the mist."
(d) They are blown up with the Lillie Marlene before they can take her in tow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the hull number of the Starbuck?

2. Who is Henry Fujima?

3. What are Boland's instructions upon hearing Dirk's message from the supposedly wrecked submarine?

4. What is Dirk's plan of action on the Martha Ann with only two hours to go before dark falls?

5. What is the reason for the eucalyptus oil?

(see the answer key)

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