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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much visibility was available when Chatterton reached the wreck?

2. How warm would the temperature have gotten on a U-boat in the diesel room?

3. In 1991, what was the name of Bill Nagle's boat?

4. When did Peter Gimbel open a rectangle into the Andrea Doria's first-class section?

5. When did Chatterton's father die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was a sand sweep?

2. Describe Brielle, New Jersey.

3. According to Patricia Chatterton, how did Rae Emmet Arison distinguish himself as a man?

4. What did the men on the "Seeker" decide to do when it looked as though the wreck lay between 230 and 260 ft.?

5. Describe the silverware that Chatterton found.

6. How did Bielenda get the coordinates for the wreck?

7. What was Feldman's signature outfit and gear when he arrived at charter boats?

8. Why didn't Nagle dive down to the wreck in Chapter 3?

9. What was Chatterton like in high school?

10. Why did Nagle and his kind dive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss decompression sickness, its symptoms, and its prevention.

Essay Topic 2

Nagle was an alcoholic. Discuss his decline due to the alcohol and how he died.

Essay Topic 3

Chatterton wanted to believe the mystery wreck was the U-851 and Kohler wanted to believe it was the U-158. Discuss why it was thought that the wreck might be the U-851 or U-158 and how the men proved or disproved their theories.

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