Pacific Vortex Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 175 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Pacific Vortex Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the radio code for having found the Starbuck?
(a) Nothing. Strict radio silence is essential.
(b) "Stopped all engines to repair a burned shaft bearing."
(c) "The cat's in the cradle."
(d) "Returning to base for repairs to starboard engine."

2. How long can the reactor continue to run unattended?
(a) Indefinitely.
(b) Six to twelve months.
(c) Over a decade.
(d) No more than four to five weeks.

3. What does "bare steerageway" mean?
(a) The sailors driving the ship are doing so naked.
(b) All covers are removed from the navigational equipment and she is to be steered manually.
(c) Clutch ahead.
(d) Just enough speed for a ship to be accurately steered.

4. Why does Dirk's gun do him no good in the shootout with the gray Dodge van that tails him after he leaves the museum?
(a) His aim is terrible.
(b) He can't reach it.
(c) He never loaded the ammunition.
(d) It is stolen out of his car.

5. What does Dirk communicate about the sub's crew in his initial message back to the Martha Ann?
(a) He doesn't mention the crew.
(b) There's evidence of a struggle but no bodies.
(c) They're dead.
(d) It's as though they never existed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the giant with the golden eyes select Dirk to be the messenger of the capsule?

2. Which friend of her father's does Adrian admit to Dirk she has been sleeping with?

3. Where does Dirk land the helicopter after evacuating the Martha Ann?

4. What is the city of origin painted on the Martha Ann's hull?

5. What does SN Farris tell Dirk "They" will do if he uses the radio?

(see the answer key)

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