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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dirk's room number?
(a) 1010.
(b) 321.
(c) 4211.
(d) 110.

2. Who says: "I shot down Admiral Sandecker and his staff over the China Sea."?
(a) CDR Denver.
(b) Dirk Pitt.
(c) ADM Hunter.
(d) LCDR Boland.

3. Why doesn't Pearl Harbor know what has been happening with the Martha Ann and the finding of the Starbuck intact?
(a) All radio signals in the area are being jammed.
(b) The radios have becomes mysteriously inoperable since they arrived at the Pacific Vortex.
(c) LCDR Boland has not sent any messages.
(d) The Martha Ann has been using the wrong frequency.

4. How does Dirk decide who to give the manuscript to?
(a) Dirk guesses that Admiral Leigh Hunter might be interested.
(b) The manuscript is addressed to Admiral Leigh Hunter.
(c) The manuscript is written by Admiral Leigh Hunter.
(d) Admiral Leigh Hunter is the only military command officer Dirk knows in the area.

5. What s the first indication that the Martha Ann is in danger at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) A thick fog coming up from the ocean surface.
(b) Sudden change in sea state.
(c) Sudden radio silence.
(d) A continuous thumping sound coming from the bottom of the hull.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Marine guard at ADM Hunter's building on Pearl Harbor base ask Dirk for when he reports?

2. How does Dirk suggest the captain's log from the Starbuck is forged?

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

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

5. What is a "fo'c's'le"?

(see the answer key)

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