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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dirk stop to talk to George Papaaloa?
(a) To shake off the person tailing him.
(b) To find out what he knows about Summer.
(c) To learn more about Pacific Islands.
(d) To find out what he knows about the Pacific Vortex.

2. What kind of car does Dirk drive?
(a) An AC Cobra.
(b) A Volkswagen beetle.
(c) A Ford Mustang.
(d) An antique Chevy pickup.

3. How many ships have gone missing where the Starbuck is last reported?
(a) 17.
(b) 112.
(c) 38.
(d) 56.

4. Why does the Martha Ann appear old and rusted?
(a) She is salvaged from the scrap yard.
(b) The sailor's are more interested in maintaining the battleships than a salvage ship.
(c) Clever camouflage paint.
(d) She's over forty years old.

5. What is the city of origin painted on the Martha Ann's hull?
(a) Honolulu.
(b) Sverodinsk.
(c) Monterey.
(d) Seattle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dirk communicate about the sub's crew in his initial message back to the Martha Ann?

2. How is the boarding party killed according to the San Gabriel's report?

3. Who is Dirk initially talking to in the bar at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel?

4. What does Dirk discover in Summer's hand when he goes to pick her up and take her back to the hotel?

5. Why doesn't Dirk want to leave the Martha Ann on the helicopter to go and get the salvage team?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the different mysteries or questions that ADM Hunter enumerates as he reads the log?

2. What two things does the receptionist at ADM Hunter's office assume of Dirk Pitt when he arrives in his bathing suit?

3. Cussler also provides good information about shark behavior and risks. What is it?

4. How does Cussler describe ADM Sandecker at the beginning of Chapter that makes him seem like a likely person to work with Dirk Pitt?

5. What is the significance of the Lillie Marlene?

6. Other than the submarine not being wholly flooded, what is the single most important fact that Dirk relays over the Starbuck's radio to the Martha Ann and why is it of the utmost significance?

7. Dirk sees no need to show up on time to his "date" with ADM Hunter (to report for duty). How is this reflective of both Dirk's personality and his attitude towards ADM Hunter?

8. Cussler gives a good description of rip tides after Dirk has swum out beyond the breakers at Kaena Point. Describe them, why they are dangerous and explain how best to swim through them if caught in one.

9. What is a seamount?

10. What is a possible explanation for the food being gone after only five days? (Remember ADM Hunter makes it clear that they recently left port and should have enough for the entire crew for 90 days.)

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