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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through John Chatterton.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At sea level, what percent of oxygen would a person breathe?
(a) 38 percent.
(b) 44 percent.
(c) 50 percent.
(d) 21 percent.

2. How deep was the deepest point of the wreck of the "Andrea Doria"?
(a) 280 feet.
(b) 190 feet.
(c) 145 feet.
(d) 250 feet.

3. How many pounds of gear might a diver have used?
(a) 50 lbs.
(b) 75 lbs.
(c) 235 lbs.
(d) 175 lbs.

4. Of the certified scuba divers in the United States, about how many dove deep for shipwrecks?
(a) About two hundred.
(b) 500.
(c) 150.
(d) A few hundred.

5. Where was Chatterton reassigned after his stint in Vietnam?
(a) Fort Dix.
(b) Fort Hamilton.
(c) Fort Drum.
(d) Fort Monmouth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long would a diver have to work a wreck before he had to begin the ascent to the surface?

2. In the 1970s and 1980s, how deep would Nagle and other kings of the sport descend when diving?

3. What was the name of the charter captain who would pass around a bucketful of broken dishes and broken silverware and tell customers that a someone died for that stuff?

4. Between 1939 and 1945, how many U-boats did the Germans have?

5. How far did diver George Place drift when he lost his grip and failed to make it aboard the dive boat?

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