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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is "Big Daddy?"
(a) Code-name for ADM Hunter back in Pearl Harbor.
(b) The group of Navy SEALS on the rescue team.
(c) Code-name for the Starbuck rescue team.
(d) Dirk's nickname for Al Giordino.

2. How many of "Them" are on the Starbuck according to SN Farris?
(a) Three guards and a radio-man.
(b) Two guards at all times.
(c) One on duty, one resting.
(d) None.

3. Who is Summer?
(a) CAPT Cinana's other mistress.
(b) Delphi's wife.
(c) Delphi's daughter.
(d) Adrian's sister.

4. What smell does Dirk suddenly recognize as the fog begins to envelop the Martha Ann?
(a) Melting plastic.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Sulfur.
(d) Eucalyptus.

5. Why is Dirk's and Al's mission time-critical?
(a) Because Dirk is afraid Summer will be killed.
(b) Because Delphi may escape.
(c) Because the plan is to blow up the seamount and the end of the planned time, whether or not the rescue succeeds.
(d) Because they will run out of air.

6. How is Dirk's death intended to appear?
(a) As though he vanished of his own free will after accepting money for secrets.
(b) Like he eloped with Adrian.
(c) Like a mob hit.
(d) Accidental drowning.

7. Where is Delphi's transmitter that allows him to jam radio signals?
(a) On the island of Maui at an abandoned Army installation.
(b) On a sandbar 20 nautical miles northwest of Kauai.
(c) On Midway Island, in a remote corner of one of the uninhabited islands in the atoll.
(d) In downtown Honolulu, on top of a skyscraper.

8. What does "noncom" mean as it is used in the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) Not-in-compliance, meaning the person or vessel is not obeying instructions.
(b) Non-commissioned, meaning not an officer.
(c) Non-commissioned, meaning not an authorized Naval vessel.
(d) Non-communicative, meaning unable or unwilling to speak.

9. What does Roblemann invent?
(a) A combination gill-lung that surgically attached to a human's chest.
(b) An underwater pump system big enough for a seamount.
(c) A prosthetic fin for human use.
(d) A gene therapy that would allow humans to develop webbed hands and feet.

10. Who has been Delphi's informant in the Navy?
(a) CAPT Orl Cinana.
(b) Adrian Hunter.
(c) LCDR Paul Boland.
(d) CDR Burdette Denver.

11. How does Crowhaven manage to get in touch with ADM Hunter?
(a) Via the NWS weather radio frequency.
(b) By calling the Coast Guard.
(c) Via a commercial radio station in Honolulu.
(d) Using Morse code through a late night ham radio operator.

12. What does Boland want Dirk to do before the invasion of the Martha Ann begins?
(a) Get him and his crew off the ship.
(b) Help him scuttle the Martha Ann.
(c) Take the helo and report to ADM Hunter.
(d) Help him arm the crew.

13. What makes the fog associated with the Pacific Vortex so odd?
(a) There is a thick almost oily texture to the mist.
(b) There is nothing odd or different about it, other than its there.
(c) The color is wrong.
(d) The weather conditions are wrong for fog.

14. How does SN Farris react to the battle raging around him on the Martha Ann?
(a) He is dazedly unconcerned, almost disconnected from reality.
(b) He is asleep.
(c) He engages in the gun battle, relieved to be able to vent some of his anger at the men from the sea.
(d) He is having a panic attack as he relives the horror of what happened to the

15. Who is Al Giordino?
(a) The owner of a charter plane company on Hawaii.
(b) ADM Sandecker's boss.
(c) The Assistant Special Projects Director at NUMA.
(d) An adventurer for hire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Pearl Harbor know what has been happening with the Martha Ann and the finding of the Starbuck intact?

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

3. What causes the current that injures Dirk and Al?

4. What does Dirk determine is the real cause of the school of fish detected by the Martha Ann's sensors?

5. Who is Henry Fujima?

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