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

2. When did Pitt and Giordino meet?
(a) College.
(b) 5th grade.
(c) High school.
(d) 1st grade.

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) Shipwreck Shoals.
(c) Eastern Shoals.
(d) Kettle Bottom Shoals.

4. What are the worst of Pitt's wounds after he drops onto the Iowa?
(a) Broken arm.
(b) Cracked ankle.
(c) 2-3 cracked ribs.
(d) Dislocated shoulder.

5. Where did Fawkes sleep the first week he was working on the ship?
(a) Control room.
(b) Engine room.
(c) Boiler room.
(d) Captain's quarters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How deep is Table Lake in some spots?

3. What type of plane does Giordino fly to Colorado to meet Pitt?

4. After gutting tons of non-essential steel from the Iowa, what is the draft of the Iowa?

5. How long does Pitt say that a man diving in Table Lake could withstand the cold?

(see the answer key)

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