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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What military decoration does Dirk specifically mention having NOT earned?
(a) A Good Conduct Medal.
(b) A Meritorious Unit Commendation.
(c) A Meritorious Team Commendation.
(d) An Achievement Medal.

3. Why does Dirk stop to talk to George Papaaloa?
(a) To learn more about Pacific Islands.
(b) To find out what he knows about the Pacific Vortex.
(c) To shake off the person tailing him.
(d) To find out what he knows about Summer.

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

5. What is Dirk wearing when he goes to see Admiral Hunter for the first time?
(a) His wetsuit.
(b) His military uniform.
(c) His business suit.
(d) His bathing suit.

6. Who is the Chief Director of the Naval Underwater and Marine Agency?
(a) Admiral Leigh Hunter.
(b) Captain Orl Cinana.
(c) Dirk Pitt.
(d) Admiral James Sandecker.

7. How is the boarding party killed according to the San Gabriel's report?
(a) They drowned.
(b) They are victims of the killers "from the mist."
(c) They are not killed.
(d) They are blown up with the Lillie Marlene before they can take her in tow.

8. 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.

9. How does Summer escape Dirk's hotel room?
(a) By threatening to call the police.
(b) By knocking Dirk out and running.
(c) By knotting towels together and escaping out the window.
(d) By threatening Dirk with a gun.

10. What smell is associated with the attack on the Lillie Marlene?
(a) Sulfur.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Melting plastic.
(d) Eucalyptus.

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

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

13. What does George Papaaloa ask Dirk about progress on that that Dirk had recently been diving to find?
(a) Atlantis.
(b) The burial grounds of the Koolau tribe.
(c) The burial cave of King Kamehameha.
(d) Iolani Palace.

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

15. Why is diving on a wrecked submarine different from a wrecked ship for Dirk?
(a) Because ships are supposed to be on the surface of the water, whereas the sub is in its natural environment.
(b) Because he feels like he knows this crew from reading the manuscript.
(c) Because the submarine doesn't appear to have been wrecked at all.
(d) Because he's diving with only one partner this time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dirk Pitt's father?

2. How does LCDR Boland mark the position of the submarine in case they are forced to abandon the site?

3. Why does Dirk's gun do him no good in the shootout with the gray Dodge van that tails him after he leaves the museum?

4. Why does Dirk speculate that the Navy has equipped the Martha Ann with a crew of midgets?

5. What kind of car does Dirk drive?

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