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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. Who is Lavella?
(a) A marine biologist who specialized in gill evolution.
(b) A geologist who specialized in underwater topography.
(c) A physicist who specialized in hydrology.
(d) A mathematician who specialized in ocean current prediction.

2. Who is Summer's mother?
(a) Unknown.
(b) Alamea Aolani, a Hawaiian princess.
(c) Autumn Carrigan Moran, Delphi's concubine and wife.
(d) Christine Dievkis, a Russian spy.

3. How does Al prevent Delphi's gun from killing Dirk?
(a) He puts his finger between the hammer and the striker pin.
(b) He secretly unloads the ammunition when Delphi is distracted.
(c) He jams the trigger, preventing it from being pulled back.
(d) He sticks his finger in the gun barrel.

4. What is Delphi's relationship to Frederick Moran?
(a) Delphi is his son.
(b) Delphi is his brother.
(c) He is not a blood relative but they are partners.
(d) Delphi and Frederick Moran are not relatd.

5. Where does Dirk land the helicopter after evacuating the Martha Ann?
(a) Pearl Harbor.
(b) The neatly manicured front lawn of ADM Hunter's home.
(c) The military hospital on Oahu.
(d) Hickam Field airport.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dirk discover on the bodies of two the men from the sea that he kills?

2. What does SN Farris tell Dirk "They" will do if he uses the radio?

3. How is Dirk's death intended to appear?

4. How does Adrian escape when the men from the sea come ashore and kill her friend?

5. What is the first visible evidence of the real nature of "Them?"

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In both Chapters 9 and 10, Dirk endeavors to get his way by assuring the Naval men that he "will take full responsibility." Why does this seem to be the easiest way for Dirk to gain their compliance?

5. 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?

6. Who or what is Selma Snoop?

7. There are three operations, with different codenames going on simultaneously in Chapter 16. What are their different codenames and objectives?

8. How does LCDR Crowhaven get in touch with Pearl Harbor in spite of Delphi's lock on their radio transmissions? What is the code he uses to communicate with ADM Hunter over the open wires?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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