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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 500, all identically sized.
(b) About 200, roughly 5-7 feet in length each.
(c) About 50, ranging from 3 to 10 feet each.
(d) About 2,000, roughly 2-3 feet in length each.

2. What does Dirk discover on the bodies of two the men from the sea that he kills?
(a) Webbed hands and feet.
(b) A small plastic box adhered to their chests.
(c) Gills.
(d) Green skin and hair.

3. Who does Dirk finally meet during Their attack on him and Adrian?
(a) The legendary builders of Kanoli.
(b) Frederick Moran.
(c) CDR Dupree.
(d) The giant with the golden eyes.

4. How many of "Them" are on the Starbuck according to SN Farris?
(a) Three guards and a radio-man.
(b) One on duty, one resting.
(c) None.
(d) Two guards at all times.

5. Who does Dirk report the attack on Adrian to?
(a) ADM Hunter.
(b) The hotel security team.
(c) The Honolulu police.
(d) The Pearl Harbor Shore Patrol.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the hypodermic syringe that Summer assaults Dirk with?

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

3. What makes the fog associated with the Pacific Vortex so odd?

4. Who is Summer's mother?

5. What is Boland's reaction to the news that March is dead?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

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. 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?

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

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

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

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

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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