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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How long has it been since Dirk has had a vacation?
(a) Six months.
(b) 10 years.
(c) Four years.
(d) Three years.
2. How long is the hull of the Starbuck?
(a) 242 feet.
(b) 500 feet.
(c) 320 feet.
(d) 150 feet.
3. Why does ADM Hunter think CDR Dupree ordered his captain's log delivered to him?
(a) CDR Dupree is hallucinating and imagined that ADM Hunter is nearby.
(b) ADM Hunter does not know.
(c) CDR Dupree does no such thing, those directions are added later.
(d) CDR Dupree admired ADM Hunter.
4. How does George Papaaloa describe the last researcher of the sunken island legend?
(a) About 6 feet tall, green eyes, black hair.
(b) A giant with golden eyes.
(c) A midget with red hair.
(d) As a god.
5. What is Dirk's plan of action on the Martha Ann with only two hours to go before dark falls?
(a) To conduct an underwater search of the seamount.
(b) To build a decoy to help defend the ship from the probable nighttime attack.
(c) To improvise the best defenses the crew can muster.
(d) To dive on the sub.
6. Who says: "I shot down Admiral Sandecker and his staff over the China Sea."?
(a) CDR Denver.
(b) Dirk Pitt.
(c) LCDR Boland.
(d) ADM Hunter.
7. Who is Adrian Hunter?
(a) A spy trying to kill Admiral Hunter.
(b) Admiral Hunter's daughter.
(c) Dirk's girlfriend.
(d) A government operative trying to kill Dirk.
8. What is the correct phrasing to ask someone to repeat their message or to indicate you are repeating your message?
(a) Re-transmit.
(b) Second time.
(c) Read back.
(d) Say again.
9. What is Barf the Magic Dragon?
(a) A shark killing gun.
(b) The Martha Ann's mascot.
(c) An anti-seasickness remedy.
(d) A sea shanty the crew of the Martha Ann made up.
10. In spite of all of the odd people Dirk has met since the beginning of the book, who is it that still haunts him as he gets underway on the Martha Ann?
(a) Summer.
(b) Adrian Hunter.
(c) George Papaaloa.
(d) The other man researching the Kanoli legend.
11. How does Dirk know that Summer is lying about her reasons for wanting information on Adrian Hunter?
(a) Adrian told him a different story.
(b) He knows that Adrian does not have access to classified information.
(c) He doesn't, but he suspects that she is.
(d) He finds papers on her that tell a different story.
12. How does Dirk carry Summer to the hotel?
(a) Drags her by the arms.
(b) Cradled in his arms.
(c) On his back.
(d) Over his shoulder.
13. Why does Dirk speculate that the Navy has equipped the Martha Ann with a crew of midgets?
(a) Because so far the only crew members he's seen have all been under 5' 5".
(b) Because the doorways are abnormally low on the Martha Ann.
(c) Because he's trying to make a joke with the exasperatingly solemn Boland.
(d) Because the escape helo only carries 15, too few for a normal crew of a vessel like the Martha Ann.
14. What is Dirk's military rank?
(a) Major.
(b) Captain.
(c) Lieutenant Colonel.
(d) Ensign.
15. Why is Dirk beginning to distrust his situational awareness after his visit to the museum and George Papaaloa?
(a) He can't concentrate on business because he keeps thinking about Adrian.
(b) He is feeling naïve and vulnerable after his encounter with Summer.
(c) He is seeing beady-eyed malefactors everywhere.
(d) He is tired and hungover.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the author of the manuscript, excerpts of which are transcribed in Chapter 2?
2. What military decoration does Dirk specifically mention having NOT earned?
3. Why is the Starbuck's final position report physically impossible?
4. How does LCDR Boland mark the position of the submarine in case they are forced to abandon the site?
5. What accounts for the ocean turning a greenish color as the Martha Ann approaches the shallower water of the seamount?
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