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

2. What does Dirk discover attached to the handrail on the side of the ship at the battle between the Martha Ann's crew and the men from the sea?
(a) A ramp.
(b) A jacob's ladder.
(c) A floating line.
(d) A grappling hook.

3. Where is Delphi's transmitter that allows him to jam radio signals?
(a) On the island of Maui at an abandoned Army installation.
(b) On a sandbar 20 nautical miles northwest of Kauai.
(c) In downtown Honolulu, on top of a skyscraper.
(d) On Midway Island, in a remote corner of one of the uninhabited islands in the atoll.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason for the eucalyptus oil?

2. What does Boland want Dirk to do before the invasion of the Martha Ann begins?

3. What does "noncom" mean as it is used in the beginning of Chapter 10?

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

5. What is the rescue schedule for the Starbuck when Dirk, Al and the Navy team return to the Pacifc Vortex?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dirk reinforce his disregard for authority upon return from the Pacific Vortex with the crew of the Martha Ann?

2. How do Summer's divided loyalties express themselves in their final moments in the doomed seamount as the missiles hit and the mountain begins to crumble?

3. It is evident that Seaman First Class Farris could never have been any help to Delphi's cause or mission, however, Delphi keeps him alive, in spite of admitting to Dirk that Farris is "a minor miscalculation." What might be some reasons for this?

4. What does Dirk fear lays in store for the Martha Ann? What information is he now armed with that may help? What does he still not know that could be fatal?

5. Who or what is Selma Snoop?

6. What is Delphi's plan for the Starbuck?

7. What is unexpected and distinctly suspicious about the fog that suddenly overwhelms the Martha Ann? What kinds of conditions are required to create fog?

8. Why does Dirk flood the Starbuck's torpedo compartment?

9. What are the two most important words in the English language according to Dirk? How do they serve Dirk in the battle with the men from the sea in his hotel room?

10. How does Pitt know that the Martha Ann is out of radio contact with the world?

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