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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is strict radio silence imposed for a US Navy submarine?
(a) When in transit from missions.
(b) At all times.
(c) When the captain orders it.
(d) When a sub is on patrol or on station.

2. What is Dirk doing at the opening of the book?
(a) Sunbathing.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Riding his bike.
(d) Visiting with friends.

3. What weather phenomenon features in both the reports of the Lillie Marlene and the Starbuck?
(a) A waterspout.
(b) A maelstrom or vortex.
(c) A rogue wave.
(d) An isolated fog bank.

4. What is the correct phrasing to ask someone to repeat their message or to indicate you are repeating your message?
(a) Re-transmit.
(b) Second time.
(c) Read back.
(d) Say again.

5. How does Adrian escape when the men from the sea come ashore and kill her friend?
(a) Out the window.
(b) Through a connecting bathroom.
(c) Through a two-way closet.
(d) Through a trapdoor under the bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men escape with Dirk on the helicopter from the Martha Ann?

2. How many consonants does the Hawaiian language have?

3. How does Commander Dupree report the final resting place of the Starbuck?

4. Who is Summer?

5. Who says: "I shot down Admiral Sandecker and his staff over the China Sea."?

(see the answer key)

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