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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the guests of honor at the Stormhaven Lobster Bake?
(a) Christopher St. John and Kerry Wopner.
(b) Ragged Island Search Team.
(c) The Thalassa Group.
(d) Malin Hatch and Gerald Neidelman.

2. Claire, a past flame of Hatch's enters the restaurant. Who is she?
(a) St. John's sister.
(b) Bonterre's best friend.
(c) Neidleman's sister.
(d) Woody Clay's wife.

3. What is the place known as a mysterious spot on Ragged Island where there is a depression?
(a) The pirate's treasure.
(b) The water pit.
(c) The grave of diggers.
(d) The hidden treasure.

4. Where does Wopner encounter Clay at the start of Chapter 21?
(a) Church.
(b) Bank.
(c) Grocery store.
(d) Post office.

5. What is the restaurant full of where Hatch and Bonterre have dinner?
(a) Thalassa people.
(b) Stormhaven residents.
(c) Ragged Island crew members.
(d) Fisherman.

6. What is Malin doing when he receives a call for the first medical emergency of the project?
(a) Reading.
(b) Exploring.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Eating.

7. In Chapter 14, what are the staff members looking over in the command center?
(a) The computers.
(b) Supplies.
(c) Test results.
(d) Fishing equipment.

8. What is Isobel Bonterre's nationality?
(a) German.
(b) British.
(c) French.
(d) Italian.

9. What month and year does "Riptide" begin?
(a) June 1972.
(b) July 1971.
(c) June 1971.
(d) July 1972.

10. As Chapter 20 opens, where is Malin Hatch having dinner with the Ragged Island crew?
(a) The Plain Jane.
(b) The Griffin.
(c) The Quoset hut.
(d) The Cerberus.

11. What is the name of the boat Malin plans to stay on at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) The Plain Joe.
(b) The Plain Jane.
(c) The Cerberus.
(d) The Griffin.

12. What is the saint's name of the jeweled sword that is, by legend, part of Red Ned Ockham's treasure?
(a) Saint Patrick.
(b) Saint Peter.
(c) Saint Michael.
(d) Saint James.

13. At the beginning of Chapter 14, what is unrecognizable to Malin Hatch?
(a) Water Pit.
(b) Captain Gerald Neidelman.
(c) Cerberus.
(d) Ragged Island.

14. After the boys get to Ragged Island, what is the first thing the boys find?
(a) A small boat.
(b) A match.
(c) A leg bone.
(d) A cave.

15. Who does Malin Hatch run into on his way back to the lobster bake?
(a) Captain John Neidelman
(b) Kerry Wopner.
(c) Christopher St. John.
(d) Professor Horn.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Neidelman and Malin confirm their agreement for Malin to join Neidelman's expedition?

2. Neidelman takes responsibility for Ken Field's accident. What part of Field's body did Malin have to amputate?

3. By running tests in the Water Pit, what is the team hoping to find?

4. What does the team plan to dump inside the Water Pit to test the water?

5. Kerry Wopner and Christopher St. John discuss with Malin some stories of how who functioned?

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