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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 is the correct phrasing to ask someone to repeat their message or to indicate you are repeating your message?
(a) Say again.
(b) Re-transmit.
(c) Read back.
(d) Second time.

2. What does Dirk first do with the manuscript he finds?
(a) He tosses it in his knapsack for later.
(b) He puts it back where he found it.
(c) He reads half of it and then puts it away when he realizes it is not for his eyes.
(d) He reads it in its entirety.

3. What strikes Dirk as odd about the galley and lounge area of the Starbuck on his initial recon mission with LT March?
(a) The tv is still working.
(b) There is no corrosion on anything.
(c) There are stacks of dirty dishes, but no soap.
(d) There is no paper and nothing perishable.

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

5. What color are Dirk's eyes?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Gray.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car does Dirk drive?

2. What is the first year of record for missing ships in the Pacific Vortex?

3. What unique feature of the Martha Ann's navigational equipment makes her totally crew-independent?

4. What is "one of the finest undercover salvage operations in the world?"

5. When is strict radio silence imposed for a US Navy submarine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Dirk sees no need to show up on time to his "date" with ADM Hunter (to report for duty). How is this reflective of both Dirk's personality and his attitude towards ADM Hunter?

4. What are some of the ways that Dirk knows that Summer is neither a government agent nor an American?

5. How are the dead bodies described on the Lillie Marlene? How does this description contribute to the myth of the Pacific Vortex?

6. A gray Dodge van pursues Dirk and the driver of the van begins shooting at Dirk before attempting to run him off the road. Unravel the mystery. Who has the motive, knowledge, and opportunity to tip off "Them," whoever "They" might be, to Dirk's presence and interested activity?

7. Dirk notes some distinct oddities about the Starbuck's final resting place and the condition. Describe what these oddities mean.

8. What is the significance of there not being any paper in the crew's lounge area of the Starbuck?

9. What are the multiple ways that the Martha Ann is disguised as a civilian ship?

10. How does Dirk determine that Hunter's crew has been searching the wrong area?

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