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

2. How long can the reactor continue to run unattended?
(a) Over a decade.
(b) Six to twelve months.
(c) No more than four to five weeks.
(d) Indefinitely.

3. What is "one of the finest undercover salvage operations in the world?"
(a) The Special Projects division of NUMA, Dirk Pitt's command.
(b) The 101st Salvage Fleet, ADM Hunter's command.
(c) NUMA, ADM Sandecker's command.
(d) The Russian Special Undersea Operators Progam.

4. Whose responsibility is it to plot the new search area for the Martha Ann after Dirk's interpretation of the evidence?
(a) LCDR Boland.
(b) CDR Denver.
(c) ADM Hunter.
(d) CDR Denver.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take Dirk to recover himself after Summer attacks him and he knocks her out enough to get them both back to his hotel room?

2. What is Boland's reaction to the news that March is dead?

3. What is in the hypodermic syringe that Summer assaults Dirk with?

4. What new ship do Dirk and Al discover while on their underwater mission?

5. Who does Dirk finally meet during Their attack on him and Adrian?

(see the answer key)

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