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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. What two scientists does Dirk report to when he arrives at Pearl Harbor after the attack in his hotel room?
(a) Doctors Ford and Newce.
(b) Doctors Chrysler and York.
(c) Doctors Trinidad and Goldman.
(d) Doctors Lavella and Roblemann.

2. How does Summer escape the seamount?
(a) She swims, carrying Dirk who is too injured to move.
(b) She doesn't.
(c) Dirk carries her to the surface.
(d) She is rescued by the Starbuck .

3. What is the plan for the plane the rescue team flies out to the Pacific Vortex?
(a) The plane is a red-herring to make Delphi think they arrived that way. The real underwater rescue team is arriving by submarine.
(b) The team will skydive from it into the drop zone and let the plane crash wherever it lands.
(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.

4. How many of Them attack Dirk and Adrian?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dirk do for Al's injured hand?

2. What does Dirk omit from his report on the fight against Them in his hotel room?

3. What does "noncom" mean as it is used in the beginning of Chapter 10?

4. What s the first indication that the Martha Ann is in danger at the beginning of Chapter 11?

5. What happens to the radio communications between Big Daddy and the Kid?

Short Essay Questions

1. Besides Dirk's lost love, what does Summer represent to the Navy and why would it have been important to rescue her?

2. What changes ADM Hunter's mind about obeying the destroy orders from the joint Chiefs in Washington D.C.?

3. How does Pitt know that the Martha Ann is out of radio contact with the world?

4. What are the two most important words in the English language according to Dirk? How do they serve Dirk in the battle with the men from the sea in his hotel room?

5. How do Dirk and LCDR Boland differ over how to wage battle against the men from the sea as they face impending attack on the Martha Ann?

6. How does LCDR Crowhaven's attitude change from his frame of mind on the plane, once he is within sight of the submarine and Dirk lets him know that this is where he [Dirk] gets off?

7. There are three operations, with different codenames going on simultaneously in Chapter 16. What are their different codenames and objectives?

8. What are ADM Hunter and Dirk Pitt's differing opinions on Adrian?

9. How do Summer's divided loyalties express themselves in their final moments in the doomed seamount as the missiles hit and the mountain begins to crumble?

10. What happens during Dirk's final radio transmission from the C-5airplane before they touch down on the surface of the ocean? what does it mean for their rescue mission?

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