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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Martha Ann has 20 feet of freeboard, making attack from the surface difficult according to LCDR Boland. What is freeboard?
(a) The distance from the first deck of the ship to the surface of the water.
(b) The lip of the deck that juts out over the hull.
(c) The ladders over the side of her hull.
(d) The ship's height from water surface to the top of her superstructure.

2. Who or what is Mad Chopper?
(a) Dirk's helo crew standing by.
(b) ADM Hunter when he's angry.
(c) Crowhaven's plan B.
(d) LT Buckmaster's team.

3. How does Frederick Moran die?
(a) He drowns when a pump fails and the tunnel floods.
(b) He dies of a heart attack at age 76.
(c) He kills himself.
(d) Delphi shoots him when he becomes too old to serve Delphi's evil purpose any longer.

4. How does Al prevent Delphi's gun from killing Dirk?
(a) He jams the trigger, preventing it from being pulled back.
(b) He secretly unloads the ammunition when Delphi is distracted.
(c) He sticks his finger in the gun barrel.
(d) He puts his finger between the hammer and the striker pin.

5. How long has the giant with the golden eyes been keeping tabs on Dirk's activities?
(a) Weeks.
(b) Since the day he picked up the capsule.
(c) Years.
(d) For the last twenty-four hours.

6. Who arrives on the comm deck as Dirk is communicating to the Martha Ann and LCDR Boland?
(a) SN Farris.
(b) LT March.
(c) CDR Dupree.
(d) Them.

7. 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 the blood will stain the floor.
(c) That she loves Dirk.
(d) That she's afraid of guns.

8. Who is Summer's mother?
(a) Autumn Carrigan Moran, Delphi's concubine and wife.
(b) Christine Dievkis, a Russian spy.
(c) Unknown.
(d) Alamea Aolani, a Hawaiian princess.

9. What s the first indication that the Martha Ann is in danger at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) A thick fog coming up from the ocean surface.
(b) A continuous thumping sound coming from the bottom of the hull.
(c) Sudden radio silence.
(d) Sudden change in sea state.

10. Who is Lavella?
(a) A physicist who specialized in hydrology.
(b) A marine biologist who specialized in gill evolution.
(c) A geologist who specialized in underwater topography.
(d) A mathematician who specialized in ocean current prediction.

11. What two scientists does Dirk report to when he arrives at Pearl Harbor after the attack in his hotel room?
(a) Doctors Trinidad and Goldman.
(b) Doctors Chrysler and York.
(c) Doctors Lavella and Roblemann.
(d) Doctors Ford and Newce.

12. What new ship do Dirk and Al discover while on their underwater mission?
(a) The Andrei Vyborg.
(b) The Hans Zimmer.
(c) The Sampan.
(d) An unknown Japanese submarine.

13. 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.

14. How does Summer escape the seamount?
(a) She swims, carrying Dirk who is too injured to move.
(b) Dirk carries her to the surface.
(c) She is rescued by the Starbuck .
(d) She doesn't.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the current that injures Dirk and Al?

2. How does Adrian escape when the men from the sea come ashore and kill her friend?

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

4. Who does Dirk report the attack on Adrian to?

5. What does Dirk determine is the real cause of the school of fish detected by the Martha Ann's sensors?

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