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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the 1970s and 1980s, what was the recreational limit suggested by most scuba training organizations?
(a) 85 feet.
(b) 200 feet.
(c) 154 feet.
(d) 130 feet.

2. How many divers signed on to try to find the wreck besides Nagle and Chatterson?
(a) 10.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) 11.

3. How old was Nagle in 1991?
(a) 40
(b) 36.
(c) 42.
(d) 38.

4. How many tons did Bielenda's boat weigh?
(a) 58 tons.
(b) 49 tons.
(c) 20 tons.
(d) 35 tons.

5. How long was Nagle's boat?
(a) 85 feet.
(b) 55 feet.
(c) 65 feet.
(d) 75 feet.

6. What was the first wreck that Kohler dove?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Resor.
(c) San Diego.
(d) Relief.

7. 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?
(a) Peter Martin.
(b) Matthew Vannoy.
(c) Danny Crowell.
(d) Brian Robertson.

8. What television network sent a crew to interview Chatteron and Nagle?
(a) NBC.
(b) CNN.
(c) CBS.
(d) ABC.

9. What was the name of the neighbor who instilled a love of German heritage in Kohler's father?
(a) Segal.
(b) Muller.
(c) Wagner.
(d) Klein.

10. Where did a former U-boat crewman tell Kohler to search the U-boat to help identify the wreck?
(a) Inside engine room.
(b) In the radio room.
(c) Boots.
(d) Under bunks.

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

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

13. When Chatterton decompressed after viewing the wreck, at what depth did he make his first stop?
(a) 70 feet.
(b) 60 feet.
(c) 75 feet.
(d) 55 feet.

14. What was the name of the author of "Iron Coffins"?
(a) John Mannock.
(b) Wolfgang Luth.
(c) Herbert Werner.
(d) Jordan Vause.

15. Between 1939 and 1945, how many U-boats did the Germans have?
(a) 1, 245.
(b) 1,167.
(c) 984.
(d) 817.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was it before the "Seeker" could return to the wreck?

2. What name was on a knife that Chatterton found?

3. How old was Nagle when he became a legend in shipwreck diving?

4. What time did the divers set out for a second trip to the wreck?

5. At what depths does a deep-shipwreck diver's judgment and motor skills become impaired?

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