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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 size of the school of fish the Martha Ann's sensors detect as they prepare to escape the Pacific Vortex area?
(a) About 50, ranging from 3 to 10 feet each.
(b) About 200, roughly 5-7 feet in length each.
(c) About 500, all identically sized.
(d) About 2,000, roughly 2-3 feet in length each.

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

3. What two scientists does Dirk report to when he arrives at Pearl Harbor after the attack in his hotel room?
(a) Doctors Chrysler and York.
(b) Doctors Trinidad and Goldman.
(c) Doctors Ford and Newce.
(d) Doctors Lavella and Roblemann.

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

5. Why doesn't Pearl Harbor know what has been happening with the Martha Ann and the finding of the Starbuck intact?
(a) The radios have becomes mysteriously inoperable since they arrived at the Pacific Vortex.
(b) The Martha Ann has been using the wrong frequency.
(c) All radio signals in the area are being jammed.
(d) LCDR Boland has not sent any messages.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wakes up Dirk after he reaches his hotel room and falls asleep after leaving the hospital?

3. Who is Henry Fujima?

4. What is holding the Starbuck down?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

6. What does Delphi say is his main objective? What does Dirk say is Delphi's main objective?

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

8. 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?

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

10. Who or what is Selma Snoop?

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