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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What words does LCDR Boland have tattooed on his arm?
(a) Be all that you can be.
(b) Death before dishonor.
(c) Bravery in Action.
(d) God Bless America.

2. What is the Martha Ann's depth at the start of their search pattern?
(a) 14 fathoms.
(b) 16,234 feet.
(c) 478 feet.
(d) 5,670 feet.

3. What about the Starbuck's engine room strikes Dirk and LT March as suspicious?
(a) There is no maintenance log.
(b) It is clean and well maintained.
(c) The engines are still running.
(d) It is only partially flooded.

4. How does LCDR Boland mark the position of the submarine in case they are forced to abandon the site?
(a) An anchored liferaft.
(b) A floating flag buoy.
(c) An electronic waterproof signal transmitter.
(d) A dye marker.

5. How does the Starbuck hit the seafloor?
(a) Perfectly parallel.
(b) Bow first.
(c) Upside down.
(d) Stern first, almost perpendicular.

6. How long has it been since Dirk has had a vacation?
(a) 10 years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three years.
(d) Four years.

7. Why does Dirk argue that the Martha Ann's bevy of detection equipment may not keep her safe come nightfall?
(a) She has no defenses, the sailors carry no more than sidearms.
(b) The fog that supposedly comes up at night may blind the sensors.
(c) Her sensors are blind in the dark.
(d) Any electrical malfunction will leave her defenseless.

8. Who says "As long as there are seas, ships, and men, there will be strange unsolved mysteries."?
(a) Captain Cinana.
(b) CDR Dupree.
(c) Dirk Pitt.
(d) ADM Sandecker

9. What does "bare steerageway" mean?
(a) All covers are removed from the navigational equipment and she is to be steered manually.
(b) The sailors driving the ship are doing so naked.
(c) Just enough speed for a ship to be accurately steered.
(d) Clutch ahead.

10. Who does Dirk call first to report the incident with the gray van?
(a) ADM Sandecker.
(b) The Honolulu Police.
(c) Adrian Hunter.
(d) ADM Hunter.

11. Why is the Starbuck's final position report physically impossible?
(a) The water is too shallow for her location.
(b) The submarine is not fast enough to have covered the mileage between her two last position reports.
(c) There is no trace of the submarine at that position.
(d) The geo-coordinates put her position on land.

12. Who is Dirk initially talking to in the bar at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel?
(a) Commander Burdette Denver.
(b) Lieutenant Summer Moran.
(c) Lieutenant Commander Paul Boland.
(d) Captain Orl Cinana.

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

14. What are Boland's instructions upon hearing Dirk's message from the supposedly wrecked submarine?
(a) Have March review the operating procedures for the boat's ballast tanks.
(b) Standby for a relief crew.
(c) Standby for further instructions on how to make the boat operational.
(d) Return to the Martha Ann at once.

15. What strikes Dirk as odd about the galley and lounge area of the Starbuck on his initial recon mission with LT March?
(a) The tv is still working.
(b) There are stacks of dirty dishes, but no soap.
(c) There is no paper and nothing perishable.
(d) There is no corrosion on anything.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to CDR Dupree's log, which compartment in the sub is the only compartment breached?

2. Why does ADM Hunter think the crew could have still escaped and survived?

3. What accounts for the ocean turning a greenish color as the Martha Ann approaches the shallower water of the seamount?

4. What does Dirk find in the water when he swims out beyond the breakers at the beginning of Chapter 1?

5. What does Dirk start carrying before when he realizes the danger he has put himself in before reporting to Admiral Hunter?

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