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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Dirk meets Delphi in his underwater caves, how much time is left before the seamount explodes?
(a) 15 minutes.
(b) Three hours.
(c) 50 minutes.
(d) One hour.

2. What is the Joint Chiefs' decision on what to do with the Starbuck?
(a) Mangle her so that her missiles cannot be launched and then raise her later.
(b) Cover her with motion activated sensors so they can track the activity of Delphi and his men.
(c) Return as soon as possible to restart the salvage expedition.
(d) Leave her where she is.

3. Why is Dirk's and Al's mission time-critical?
(a) Because the plan is to blow up the seamount and the end of the planned time, whether or not the rescue succeeds.
(b) Because they will run out of air.
(c) Because Dirk is afraid Summer will be killed.
(d) Because Delphi may escape.

4. How does SN Farris react to the battle raging around him on the Martha Ann?
(a) He is dazedly unconcerned, almost disconnected from reality.
(b) He is having a panic attack as he relives the horror of what happened to the
(c) He engages in the gun battle, relieved to be able to vent some of his anger at the men from the sea.
(d) He is asleep.

5. What argument does Summer use to convince Delphi not to shoot Al and Dirk inside the seamount?
(a) That he should not being death and bloodshed within his home.
(b) That she loves Dirk.
(c) That she's afraid of guns.
(d) That the blood will stain the floor.

6. What is the size of the school of fish the Martha Ann's sensors detect as they prepare to escape the Pacific Vortex area?
(a) About 2,000, roughly 2-3 feet in length each.
(b) About 50, ranging from 3 to 10 feet each.
(c) About 200, roughly 5-7 feet in length each.
(d) About 500, all identically sized.

7. What is holding the Starbuck down?
(a) Lack of power.
(b) Chains Delphi used to anchor her.
(c) Lack of ballast.
(d) Seafloor suction.

8. Who has been Delphi's informant in the Navy?
(a) Adrian Hunter.
(b) CAPT Orl Cinana.
(c) LCDR Paul Boland.
(d) CDR Burdette Denver.

9. Which friend of her father's does Adrian admit to Dirk she has been sleeping with?
(a) ADM Sandecker.
(b) CDR Denver.
(c) CAPT Cinana.
(d) LCDR Boland.

10. Who does Dirk report the attack on Adrian to?
(a) The Honolulu police.
(b) ADM Hunter.
(c) The hotel security team.
(d) The Pearl Harbor Shore Patrol.

11. What smell does Dirk suddenly recognize as the fog begins to envelop the Martha Ann?
(a) Eucalyptus.
(b) Sulfur.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Melting plastic.

12. What is the rescue schedule for the Starbuck when Dirk, Al and the Navy team return to the Pacifc Vortex?
(a) Four and a half hours.
(b) Two hours and 45 minutes.
(c) 10 hours.
(d) 90 minutes.

13. What does Boland want Dirk to do before the invasion of the Martha Ann begins?
(a) Take the helo and report to ADM Hunter.
(b) Help him arm the crew.
(c) Help him scuttle the Martha Ann.
(d) Get him and his crew off the ship.

14. How is the rescue team tracking the submarine's location?
(a) Following the line of the flag buoy Boland left in place.
(b) Using a chart and the geo-coordinates Boland marked.
(c) Using a metal detector.
(d) Using the electronic marker Boland placed from the Martha Ann.

15. Who is LT Robert Buckmaster?
(a) Head of Shore Patrol at Pearl Harbor.
(b) The Marine officer in charge of taking the transmitter station.
(c) A former navy officer who defected to Delphi.
(d) Crowhaven's nav officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the two men waiting for Dirk in the torpedo room as he tries to escape the submarine with SN Farris?

2. What threat does Dirk face being left behind as as the others ride the air bubble from the Starbuck's escape hatch to the surface?

3. Who is Henry Fujima?

4. Why does Delphi let SN Farris live?

5. What replacement weapon does Dirk grab after having expended his single shot weapon?

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