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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Neidelman introduce as the team's computer specialist at the meeting after Field's injury?
(a) Lyle Streeter.
(b) Christopher St. John.
(c) Kerry Wopner.
(d) William Macallan.

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

3. Who told Wopner of the Ragged Island curse?
(a) Christopher St. John.
(b) Malin Hatch.
(c) Gerald Neidelman.
(d) Woody Clay.

4. How long does Neidelman anticipate the project or expedition to the Water Pit will take?
(a) Five months.
(b) Five days.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) Four months.

5. What is the Ragged Island crew plugging at the start of Chapter 19?
(a) Caves.
(b) Water tunnels.
(c) Holes.
(d) Caverns.

6. 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) In invisible ink.
(b) In a special code.
(c) By pen on rocks close to the Water Pit.
(d) By pen in a locked diary.

7. When Malin approaches Ragged Island for a meeting with Neidelman, what boat does Malin see moored offshore.
(a) The Griffin.
(b) The Plain Jane.
(c) The Cerberus.
(d) An antique fireboat.

8. While Hatch visits the excavation site, how many skulls does the crew find?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

9. Chapter 10 opens with a meeting held aboard what ship?
(a) The Plain Jane.
(b) The Griffin.
(c) The Plain Joe.
(d) The Cerberus.

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

11. 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.

12. On a boat ride to Ragged Island, what does Neidelman share with Malin?
(a) Interest in treasure hunting.
(b) Other members of his team.
(c) Family history.
(d) Facts about the planned expedition.

13. What is the name of the owner of the local grocery store in Stormhaven with whom Malin renews an old acquaintance?
(a) Gus.
(b) Bud.
(c) Jeff.
(d) Wil.

14. On whose boat does Hatch relax and doze in Chapter 15?
(a) Streeter.
(b) St. John.
(c) Neidelman.
(d) Clay.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Isobel Bonterre?

2. What does Malin Hatch have to return to the lobster bake for after his confrontation with Woody Clay?

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

4. Within the Water Pit, what did these tests pinpoint the dates of?

5. What is the name of the realtor Malin sees at his childhood home?

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