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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long would a diver have to work a wreck before he had to begin the ascent to the surface?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 25 minutes.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 55 minutes.

2. What U-boat was on display at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry?
(a) U-505.
(b) U-715.
(c) U-681.
(d) U-493.

3. How long did Chatterton think it would take him to determine if it was worth diving to the wreck or safe to dive to the wreck?
(a) 6 min.
(b) 10 min.
(c) 25 min.
(d) 16 min.

4. What year was engraved on china that Chatterton found on the sub?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1942.

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

6. What diver refused to dive to the sub after Feldman's death?
(a) Ostrowski.
(b) Skibinski.
(c) Shoe.
(d) Cochran.

7. In 1991, what was the name of Bill Nagle's boat?
(a) Prophet.
(b) Mystery.
(c) Seeker.
(d) Trawler.

8. How much did the bell of the "Andrea Doria" weigh?
(a) 150 lbs.
(b) 250 lbs.
(c) 300 lbs.
(d) 200 lbs.

9. When did the divers head for the sub a third time?
(a) September 29.
(b) October 15.
(c) October 3.
(d) September 18.

10. How large a hole was in the side of the sub?
(a) 15 by 30 ft.
(b) 5 by 10 ft.
(c) 25 by 50 ft.
(d) 10 ft. by 40 ft.

11. Where did Chatterton attend high school?
(a) Brielle.
(b) Newark.
(c) Garden City.
(d) Cape May.

12. When was the Civil Air Patrol organized by New York's Mayor Fiorello La Guardia?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1944.
(d) 1941.

13. How many people died when the "Andrea Doria" collided with the "Stockholm"?
(a) 112.
(b) 83.
(c) 51.
(d) 79.

14. In the water of the Atlantic, how poor might visibility have been?
(a) 15 inches.
(b) 20 inches.
(c) 10 inches.
(d) 5 inches.

15. How many men did one bathroom on a U-boat have to service?
(a) 30.
(b) 10.
(c) 60.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after Feldman died, did Nagle radio the information to the Coast Guard?

2. When did Chatterton's father die?

3. How large was the depth charge that a Civil Air Patrol pilot dropped on a U-boat?

4. What was the name of the author of "Iron Coffins"?

5. When did the "Andrea Doria" wreck?

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