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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dirk discover on the bodies of two the men from the sea that he kills?
(a) A small plastic box adhered to their chests.
(b) Green skin and hair.
(c) Gills.
(d) Webbed hands and feet.

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

3. How many of "Them" are on the Starbuck according to SN Farris?
(a) One on duty, one resting.
(b) Two guards at all times.
(c) None.
(d) Three guards and a radio-man.

4. How does Adrian escape when the men from the sea come ashore and kill her friend?
(a) Through a connecting bathroom.
(b) Out the window.
(c) Through a trapdoor under the bed.
(d) Through a two-way closet.

5. Who is "Big Daddy?"
(a) The group of Navy SEALS on the rescue team.
(b) Dirk's nickname for Al Giordino.
(c) Code-name for ADM Hunter back in Pearl Harbor.
(d) Code-name for the Starbuck rescue team.

6. How many of Delphi's men does Crowhaven's team kill?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Two.

7. What does "noncom" mean as it is used in the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Not-in-compliance, meaning the person or vessel is not obeying instructions.
(b) Non-communicative, meaning unable or unwilling to speak.
(c) Non-commissioned, meaning not an officer.
(d) Non-commissioned, meaning not an authorized Naval vessel.

8. How does Dirk discover LT March after he realizes they are not alone on the submarine?
(a) Hiding and wounded.
(b) Dirk cannot find him.
(c) Wounded, he's been stabbed.
(d) Dead, he's been shot.

9. Who are the two men waiting for Dirk in the torpedo room as he tries to escape the submarine with SN Farris?
(a) Them.
(b) CDR Dupree and another of the Starbuck's crew.
(c) Boland and Denver.
(d) Crewmembers from the Martha Ann.

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

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

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

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

14. How many men escape with Dirk on the helicopter from the Martha Ann?
(a) 11.
(b) All of them plus Farris.
(c) Six.
(d) 16.

15. Who is Henry Fujima?
(a) The doctor who takes charge of SN Farris back at Pearl Harbor.
(b) A Hawaiian fisherman who is run over by a ship in the beginning of Chapter 12.
(c) A Hawaiian historian who tells Dirk about tuna fishing in the Pacific.
(d) A friend of George Papaaloa.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Al prevent Delphi's gun from killing Dirk?

2. What argument does Summer use to convince Delphi not to shoot Al and Dirk inside the seamount?

3. What does Roblemann invent?

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

5. How does Frederick Moran die?

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