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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. How does SN Farris react to the battle raging around him on the Martha Ann?
(a) He is having a panic attack as he relives the horror of what happened to the
(b) He is asleep.
(c) He is dazedly unconcerned, almost disconnected from reality.
(d) He engages in the gun battle, relieved to be able to vent some of his anger at the men from the sea.

2. What does Dirk direct should be done to the Starbuck's torpedo room as they escape?
(a) Tear a hole in the hull.
(b) Drain it.
(c) Arm the torpedoes.
(d) Flood it.

3. What does SN Farris tell Dirk "They" will do if he uses the radio?
(a) Kill SN Farris.
(b) Learn how to use it from watching him.
(c) Kill Dirk.
(d) Destroy the sub.

4. What does Dirk determine is the real cause of the school of fish detected by the Martha Ann's sensors?
(a) A deliberate hijacking of the sensor's signal.
(b) Sharks in a feeding frenzy.
(c) Men.
(d) A decoy to distract them from the boarding team.

5. How many men escape with Dirk on the helicopter from the Martha Ann?
(a) All of them plus Farris.
(b) 16.
(c) 11.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roblemann invent?

2. Why does Delphi let SN Farris live?

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

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

5. How does Frederick Moran die?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Dirk discovers LCDR Boland has been stabbed with a spear, he decides the spear must come out. What is standard first aid procedure for puncture/impalement wounds and why and how does Dirk deviate from it?

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. What does LT Robert Buckmaster discover at the old Army installation, which supposedly belongs to Delphi that partially explains the entirely unexpected fierce resistance to Marine's invasion? How might this situation have come to be?

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

7. 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?

8. 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?

9. In his description of the attack, Dirk notices something significant that could immeasurably assist the crew of the Martha Ann to prevent the boarding of the men from the sea. What is it and how could it be turned into an opportunity for the crew?

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

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