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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the time lapse between the disaster that befell the ship and the beginning of the narrative that ADM Hunter relates?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) Unknown.
(d) Five days.
2. How long is the hull of the Starbuck?
(a) 320 feet.
(b) 500 feet.
(c) 242 feet.
(d) 150 feet.
3. According to CDR Dupree's log, which compartment in the sub is the only compartment breached?
(a) The aft missile cabin.
(b) The forward torpedo room.
(c) The reactor room.
(d) The captain's quarters.
4. How long does the Navy extend searches for its missing vessels or crew?
(a) Indefinitely.
(b) he Navy does not conduct search and rescue, the Coast Guard does.
(c) 72 hours.
(d) 60 days.
5. By ADM Hunter's estimation, how deep is the water where the Starbuck sinks?
(a) 1 nautical mile.
(b) 160 feet.
(c) 3,000 yards.
(d) 500 feet.
6. 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) The tv is still working.
(c) There is no paper and nothing perishable.
(d) There are stacks of dirty dishes, but no soap.
7. How does Dirk carry Summer to the hotel?
(a) On his back.
(b) Drags her by the arms.
(c) Over his shoulder.
(d) Cradled in his arms.
8. What smell is associated with the attack on the Lillie Marlene?
(a) Eucalyptus.
(b) Sulfur.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Melting plastic.
9. What or who is Andrei Vyborg?
(a) A Russian fishing trawler.
(b) A Russian ship captain famous for his adventures in the area of the Pacific Vortex.
(c) A Russian military hero in maritime legend.
(d) A Russian intelligence ship.
10. What is the Martha Ann's depth at the start of their search pattern?
(a) 16,234 feet.
(b) 14 fathoms.
(c) 5,670 feet.
(d) 478 feet.
11. Which seamen could have survived immediately after "the disaster" befell the Starbuck according to the logbook?
(a) All of the ship's galley crew.
(b) LT Carter, SN Farris, and SN Metford.
(c) CDR Dupree, the ship's doctor and LT Carter.
(d) None.
12. Why does Dirk take Summer back to his hotel room after he knocks her out?
(a) To get information from her.
(b) To rape her.
(c) To kill her.
(d) To kidnap her.
13. What is Dirk's psychological assessment of sailors in relation to the intention of the staging of the Lillie Marlene?
(a) That they are mostly scientific in their outlook and it would take an extraordinary level of danger to convince them to stay away from an area of ocean.
(b) That they are committed to a life spent at sea no matter what.
(c) That most sailors are as mercenary as any other crew.
(d) That their innermost fears are connected to drowning or dying at sea.
14. What is Dirk wearing when he goes to see Admiral Hunter for the first time?
(a) His military uniform.
(b) His bathing suit.
(c) His wetsuit.
(d) His business suit.
15. What is Dirk's plan of action on the Martha Ann with only two hours to go before dark falls?
(a) To improvise the best defenses the crew can muster.
(b) To build a decoy to help defend the ship from the probable nighttime attack.
(c) To conduct an underwater search of the seamount.
(d) To dive on the sub.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the Starbuck hit the seafloor?
2. 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?
3. What ship is responsible for reporting the incident to the Lillie Marlene?
4. In spite of all of the odd people Dirk has met since the beginning of the book, who is it that still haunts him as he gets underway on the Martha Ann?
5. What is Dirk doing at the opening of the book?
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