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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the weather as the Martha Ann gets underway?
(a) Wind beginning to pick up, storm's coming.
(b) Red sky at night and gentle swells.
(c) Ominously still with almost suspiciously flat seas.
(d) Air is warm, sky is clear, sea is calm.

2. What strikes Dirk as odd about the galley and lounge area of the Starbuck on his initial recon mission with LT March?
(a) There is no corrosion on anything.
(b) There are stacks of dirty dishes, but no soap.
(c) There is no paper and nothing perishable.
(d) The tv is still working.

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

4. How many distress signals have been received from ships that have gone down where the Starbuck is last reported?
(a) None.
(b) Several thousand.
(c) 112.
(d) Only two.

5. What is the plan for the plane the rescue team flies out to the Pacific Vortex?
(a) The team will skydive from it into the drop zone and let the plane crash wherever it lands.
(b) The plane is a red-herring to make Delphi think they arrived that way. The real underwater rescue team is arriving by submarine.
(c) Al will drop the team and then fly in circles around the site until the pick-up signal is given.
(d) Ditch it in the water such that the crew manages to survive and the plane still floats.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says to Dirk: "If you keep staring at me, I'll be forced to charge you admission."?

2. What military decoration does Dirk specifically mention having NOT earned?

3. What are the two most important things about the sub's condition that Dirk reports to Boland?

4. Who is Henry Fujima?

5. Why does ADM Hunter think CDR Dupree ordered his captain's log delivered to him?

(see the answer key)

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