Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World Wa... Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Robert Kurson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 104 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World Wa... Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Robert Kurson
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 104 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 deep was the deepest point of the wreck of the "Andrea Doria"?

2. 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?

3. Where did Chatterton's father move after he and Patricia divorced?

4. When did the "Andrea Doria" wreck?

5. What was Kohler's nickname as a member of the Atlantic Wreck Divers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to make Kohler quit getting into trouble?

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

3. Why did Nagle and his kind dive?

4. What was a sand sweep?

5. What did some of the men do while they waited to return to the wreck?

6. Why did Chatterton decide to become a medic?

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

8. Why did Nagle think Kohler would be a good replacement for Feldman?

9. How did Nagle learn about a mystery at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean?

10. Describe the silverware that Chatterton found.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Chatterton and Kohler discovered that they could not trust written histories about the U-boats. Discuss why the men could not trust historical accounts.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what the term excellence meant to Chatterton, how he attained excellence, and how his standards applied to work, recreation, and people he dealt with.

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