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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dirk suggest the captain's log from the Starbuck is forged?
(a) Using the actual captain's log, his correspondence and diary.
(b) By raiding his home for handwriting exemplars.
(c) By forcing the captain to write it using the threat of torture.
(d) Using a special tracing machine.

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

3. What is the nickname of the area where the Starbuck went missing?
(a) The South China Crevasse.
(b) The Laurentian Abyss.
(c) The Pacific Vortex.
(d) The Bermuda Triangle.

4. Roughly how large is the Martha Ann in Dirk's estimate?
(a) 12,000 tons.
(b) 60,000 lbs.
(c) 240,000 lbs.
(d) 2,000 tons.

5. Who or what is Mad Chopper?
(a) ADM Hunter when he's angry.
(b) Crowhaven's plan B.
(c) Dirk's helo crew standing by.
(d) LT Buckmaster's team.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dirk's room number?

2. When Dirk meets Delphi in his underwater caves, how much time is left before the seamount explodes?

3. What smell is associated with the attack on the Lillie Marlene?

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

5. Why does Dirk speculate that the Navy has equipped the Martha Ann with a crew of midgets?

(see the answer key)

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