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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 happens to the radio communications between Big Daddy and the Kid?
(a) ADM Hunter makes an executive decision to maintain radio silence until the final hour.
(b) Delphi's transmitter intercepts the signal.
(c) Kid's radio fails.
(d) The signal is lost due to an electrical storm.

2. How does the Starbuck break free of the ocean floor?
(a) Luck.
(b) Aftershocks from a spontaneous undersea earthquake.
(c) Shock waves from the Monitor's missile strike.
(d) A sudden cold water upwelling.

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

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

5. What argument does Summer use to convince Delphi not to shoot Al and Dirk inside the seamount?
(a) That she loves Dirk.
(b) That the blood will stain the floor.
(c) That she's afraid of guns.
(d) That he should not being death and bloodshed within his home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Summer's mother?

2. What is the Joint Chiefs' decision on what to do with the Starbuck?

3. What two scientists does Dirk report to when he arrives at Pearl Harbor after the attack in his hotel room?

4. Why is Dirk's and Al's mission time-critical?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Besides Dirk's lost love, what does Summer represent to the Navy and why would it have been important to rescue her?

2. How does LCDR Crowhaven's attitude change from his frame of mind on the plane, once he is within sight of the submarine and Dirk lets him know that this is where he [Dirk] gets off?

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 changes ADM Hunter's mind about obeying the destroy orders from the joint Chiefs in Washington D.C.?

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

6. What happens during Dirk's final radio transmission from the C-5airplane before they touch down on the surface of the ocean? what does it mean for their rescue mission?

7. How do Dirk and LCDR Boland differ over how to wage battle against the men from the sea as they face impending attack on the Martha Ann?

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

9. What are ADM Hunter and Dirk Pitt's differing opinions on Adrian?

10. 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?

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