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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, The Iowa: Chapters 52-63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many horsepower do the engines of the Iowa have?
(a) 106,000.
(b) 90,000.
(c) 85,000.
(d) 120,000.

2. How deep is Table Lake in some spots?
(a) 250 ft.
(b) 175 ft.
(c) 140 ft.
(d) 200 ft.

3. What section of the river has a network of shallow sandbars that could grip the Iowa's keel and hold her helpless miles from her goal?
(a) Copper Shoals.
(b) Kettle Bottom Shoals.
(c) Shipwreck Shoals.
(d) Eastern Shoals.

4. What will half the superstructure, funnels, and fore and aft gun turrets on Fawkes' ship be replaced with?
(a) Plywood sheeting painted gray.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Nothing, they won't replace any of it.
(d) Cargo.

5. What does Steiger do while Pitt probes a deep ravine?
(a) Hikes.
(b) Pans for gold.
(c) Fishes.
(d) Takes a nap.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much lower is the Harry W. Nice Memorial Toll Bridge than Fawkes had calculated?

2. How many years did the Rocky Mountain Arsenal manufacture chemical and biological weapons?

3. What color is Giordino's hair?

4. What is the color scheme of the plane Giordino flies to Colorado to meet Pitt?

5. How far can the Iowa lob a salvo of two-thousand pound shells?

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