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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Neidelman tells Malin that his people decoded the architect's notes for the design of the Water Pit. How did the architect write the notes?
(a) By pen in a locked diary.
(b) In a special code.
(c) In invisible ink.
(d) By pen on rocks close to the Water Pit.

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

3. What do Christopher St. John and Kerry Wopner show Malin Hatch on Hatch's first time aboard the Cerberus?
(a) Some fish they caught.
(b) Their fishing equipment.
(c) The code.
(d) A piece of the treasure.

4. How many years after Alfred Hatch Sr. bought Ragged Island does he declare bankruptcy and die?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Five years.

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

6. What do Neidelman and Hatch discuss aboard the Griffin after dinner in Chapter 20?
(a) The Project's progress.
(b) Woody Clay.
(c) Macallan's Journal.
(d) Isobel Bonterre.

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

8. What is the name of the realtor Malin sees at his childhood home?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Della.
(c) Donna.
(d) Doris.

9. What is Malin Hatch examining while relaxing in Chapter 12?
(a) The code.
(b) Ockham's journal.
(c) Test results.
(d) Macallan's journal.

10. Neidelman takes responsibility for Ken Field's accident. What part of Field's body did Malin have to amputate?
(a) Legs.
(b) Arms.
(c) Hands.
(d) Feet.

11. While at dinner, what does Bonterre tell Hatch they found?
(a) Pirate camp.
(b) Caves.
(c) Treasure room.
(d) Caverns.

12. Who arrives with something for Clay while Clay and Wopner are talking?
(a) Store Clerk.
(b) Teller.
(c) Postal mistress.
(d) Deacon.

13. Where is Malin Hatch relaxing at the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) The porch of his childhood home.
(b) The living room of his childhood home.
(c) The den of his childhood home.
(d) The bedroom of his childhood home.

14. At the opening of Chapter Two, at which hospital does Malin Hatch work?
(a) Olive Branch Hospital.
(b) Mount Olive Hospital.
(c) Mount Branch Hospital.
(d) Mount Auburn Hospital.

15. Who is Isobel Bonterre?
(a) Surveyor.
(b) Engineer.
(c) Scientist.
(d) Diver.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Neidelman estimate Red Ned Ockham's treasure is worth?

2. What does Bonterre suggest to Hatch?

3. When Malin approaches Ragged Island for a meeting with Neidelman, what boat does Malin see moored offshore.

4. Because they can't pump the water out, what does Neidelman order the crew to do, just like the pirates?

5. While Hatch visits the excavation site, how many skulls does the crew find?

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