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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Chatterton's father die?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1976.

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

4. What name was on a knife that Chatterton found?
(a) Segal.
(b) Horenburg.
(c) Wolfinger.
(d) Neurburg.

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

6. How old was Richie Kohler when his parents moved to Marine Park in Brooklyn?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

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

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

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

10. Where did Nagle meet the fisherman who told him about the mystery at the bottom of the ocean?
(a) Barnegat.
(b) Brielle.
(c) Ventnor City,
(d) Ocean City.

11. How old was Nagle when he became a legend in shipwreck diving?
(a) 30s.
(b) 28.
(c) 20s.
(d) 38.

12. What was the name of Kohler's wife?
(a) Marcia.
(b) Angela.
(c) Susannah.
(d) Felicia.

13. When did Jacques Cousteau help invent a system of tanks and regulators that allowed men to breathe underwater?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1971.

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

15. How much visibility was available when Chatterton reached the wreck?
(a) 11 feet.
(b) 5 feet.
(c) 7 feet.
(d) 9 feet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many men did one bathroom on a U-boat have to service?

3. How many people died when the "Andrea Doria" collided with the "Stockholm"?

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

5. What dark wreck had Skibinski and Feldman dived previously?

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