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

2. Who is "Big Daddy?"
(a) Code-name for ADM Hunter back in Pearl Harbor.
(b) The group of Navy SEALS on the rescue team.
(c) Dirk's nickname for Al Giordino.
(d) Code-name for the Starbuck rescue team.

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

4. What is in the hypodermic syringe that Summer assaults Dirk with?
(a) Enough Thorazine to lay out a horse.
(b) DG-10, a deadly poison.
(c) A heavy dose of AP-23 barbituate, a knockout drug.
(d) Scopolamine, exactly as she said.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has been Delphi's informant in the Navy?

2. How long has the giant with the golden eyes been keeping tabs on Dirk's activities?

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

4. Who is Summer?

5. What is the reason for the eucalyptus oil?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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

4. Who or what is Selma Snoop?

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. 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?

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

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