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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Admiral Hunter know that Dirk has never served on a submarine?
(a) ADM Hunter has never heard of Dirk.
(b) Dirk does not understand the significance of what he read.
(c) Dirk does not recognize the communications capsule.
(d) Dirk does not have the right military bearing.

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

3. What unique feature of the Martha Ann's navigational equipment makes her totally crew-independent?
(a) She is entirely crew-dependent.
(b) She can be scuttled remotely in case of emergency.
(c) Her auto-pilot is interconnected with her GPS allowing her to navigate a pre-constructed route independently.
(d) Her central controls can be overridden remotely.

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

5. How does George Papaaloa describe the last researcher of the sunken island legend?
(a) A midget with red hair.
(b) As a god.
(c) About 6 feet tall, green eyes, black hair.
(d) A giant with golden eyes.

6. Why doesn't Dirk want to leave the Martha Ann on the helicopter to go and get the salvage team?
(a) He doesn't believe the sub can be salvaged.
(b) Because if something happens, there is no alternate escape route for the crew.
(c) Because he's afraid to fly in the dark.
(d) He doesn't want to miss the action on the Martha Ann.

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

8. What is Dirk's new assignment now that he has read the submarine log and reported it?
(a) He is go deep undercover to avoid any connection with the missing submarine.
(b) He is to help in the salvage operation of the Starbuck.
(c) He is to help in the government cover-up of the loss of the Starbuck.
(d) He is to investigate Russian activity that led to the loss of the Starbuck.

9. Why does ADM Hunter think the crew could have still escaped and survived?
(a) There is a chase ship three nautical miles away.
(b) There are fishing trawler's nearby the crew could have reached.
(c) The distance from the sub escape hatches to the surface is easily reachable with or without SCUBA gear.
(d) There are plenty of life rafts.

10. What is dangerous about Dirk's swim out to the object in the water?
(a) Dirk doesn't swim very well.
(b) 15 foot waves.
(c) Riptides and sharks.
(d) Coral reefs and kelp.

11. Why is Dirk beginning to distrust his situational awareness after his visit to the museum and George Papaaloa?
(a) He is seeing beady-eyed malefactors everywhere.
(b) He can't concentrate on business because he keeps thinking about Adrian.
(c) He is feeling naïve and vulnerable after his encounter with Summer.
(d) He is tired and hungover.

12. Which seamen could have survived immediately after "the disaster" befell the Starbuck according to the logbook?
(a) CDR Dupree, the ship's doctor and LT Carter.
(b) All of the ship's galley crew.
(c) LT Carter, SN Farris, and SN Metford.
(d) None.

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

14. Who is Dirk Pitt's father?
(a) Chief, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(b) A Senator from California, Chairman of the Naval Appropriations Committee.
(c) A Representative from Minnesota, on the House Armed Services Committee.
(d) White House Chief of Staff.

15. How does Dirk send a message back to the Martha Ann from the Starbuck?
(a) He bangs out Morse code against the sub's hull.
(b) Via LT March's underwater walkie-talkie radio.
(c) Via the Starbuck's own radio.
(d) He signs the message to the cameras he knows are watching them through the portholes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Martha Ann appear old and rusted?

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

3. How does Commander Dupree report the final resting place of the Starbuck?

4. Besides his direction on delivering his message, what is CDR Dupree's final request?

5. What are the two most important things about the sub's condition that Dirk reports to Boland?

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