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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Takeo Yoshida?
(a) A Korean diplomat.
(b) A biological warfare expert.
(c) A Japanese submarine commander.
(d) A crane operator for the Yokohama Port Development Corporation.

2. What do Dirk and Summer find on board the I-411?
(a) A second small submarine.
(b) Skeletons of crewmen.
(c) Plutonium.
(d) Weapon canisters.

3. Who is Garner Ward?
(a) The U.S. Vice-President.
(b) The Supreme NATO Commander.
(c) The U.S. President.
(d) Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

4. What character is stricken by smallpox in Chapter 16?
(a) Dirk Pitt.
(b) Chris Gavin.
(c) Dae-jong Kang.
(d) Irv Fowler.

5. Why do those on board the research vessel head back to port after the rescue?
(a) To get medical care for the sick scientists.
(b) To reunite the survivors with their loved ones.
(c) To refuel and restock supplies.
(d) To quarantine the sick scientists.

6. What virus does Kang's research lab chief try to combine with smallpox?
(a) Anthrax.
(b) HIV-1.
(c) H1 - N1.
(d) Measles.

7. Who is Irv Fowler?
(a) An American scientist from WWII.
(b) An inventor who learned how to weaponize cyanide.
(c) A scientist saved from the Aleutian Island poisoning at the beginning of the book.
(d) A submarine commander from WWII.

8. Who does Kang meet with in his mansion in Chapter 14?
(a) Three politicians.
(b) Three doctors.
(c) Three military officials.
(d) Three research scientists.

9. Who is described in Chapter 31 as a "fiery bantam?"
(a) Ryan.
(b) Darla.
(c) Sandecker.
(d) Gunn.

10. Who does Dirk call after Cussler returns him to Inchon?
(a) Giordino.
(b) Tonguj.
(c) Kang.
(d) Gunn.

11. What is variola major?
(a) Herpes.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) HIV-1.
(d) Anthrax.

12. Who is Hiram Yaeger?
(a) NUMA's chief of operations.
(b) NUMA's lead biologist.
(c) NUMA's computer guru.
(d) NUMA's director of public health.

13. What possibly airborne toxin seems to be responsible for the illness of the scientists in Chapter 5?
(a) Botulism.
(b) Anthrax.
(c) Cyanide.
(d) Bubonic plague.

14. Where are Dirk and Summer during the attack on the Sea Rover?
(a) On the Japanese mainland.
(b) Recovering bombs from a sunken submarine.
(c) On the Korean mainland.
(d) Several miles out at sea, away from the Sea Rover.

15. Who is the research vessel looking for in Chapter 3?
(a) Pitt and Dahlgren.
(b) Pitt and Jolie.
(c) Jack and Al.
(d) Laurel and Hardy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the island at the lower end of Puget Sound that Dirk and Sarah go to?

2. What animals experienced mysterious deaths in the area of the research vessel?

3. How was smallpox first introduced to the New World?

4. Who is the U.S. Embassy's Deputy Chief of Mission?

5. Who is Raul Biazon?

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