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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unusual equipment does LT Stanley sight on the first wreck that the Martha Ann discovers?
(a) An old Volkswagen beetle.
(b) A gyroscope.
(c) A satellite dish.
(d) A farm tractor.

2. Whose responsibility is it to plot the new search area for the Martha Ann after Dirk's interpretation of the evidence?
(a) CDR Denver.
(b) CDR Denver.
(c) ADM Hunter.
(d) LCDR Boland.

3. How many distress signals have been received from ships that have gone down where the Starbuck is last reported?
(a) Several thousand.
(b) 112.
(c) Only two.
(d) None.

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

5. What happens to the driver of the gray Dodge van that tries to run Dirk off the road?
(a) He falls over a sea cliff and is dashed against the rocks.
(b) He is killed in the crash that totals the van.
(c) He scrambles free of the falling van and runs from the scene.
(d) He is impaled on a telephone pole spike.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to CDR Dupree's log, which compartment in the sub is the only compartment breached?

2. Who is Adrian Hunter?

3. How long can the reactor continue to run unattended?

4. What is a "fo'c's'le"?

5. Who says to Dirk: "If you keep staring at me, I'll be forced to charge you admission."?

Short Essay Questions

1. Acting on a hunch, Dirk goes to the Polynesian history museum to visit a friend well versed in the history and culture of the Hawaiian and Pacific Islands. Why?

2. Why is the Starbuck's last reported position Top Secret information?

3. What are some ways the Pacific Vortex is different from the Bermuda Triangle and other legendary danger areas?

4. What is the Fullerton Fracture Zone? Does it actually exist?

5. Why is the Martha Ann disguised to look like a rust-bucket merchant ship?

6. Cussler also provides good information about shark behavior and risks. What is it?

7. Why is it important for ADM Hunter's men to get to the accident site when the gray van runs off the road before the Honolulu police?

8. ADM Hunter refers to CDR Dupree as having a reputation for a computer-like mind. Going back to the prologue, what are some statements that support this view of Hunter's? (Dupree refers to "Annapolis." What does he mean by that?)

9. How does Adrian Hunter feel about her father? Use quotes from Chapter to support your position.

10. What is the significance of the Lillie Marlene?

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