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

2. What threat does Dirk face being left behind as as the others ride the air bubble from the Starbuck's escape hatch to the surface?
(a) A hammerhead shark.
(b) A great white shark.
(c) Running out of air before he can reach the surface.
(d) One of Them coming to relieve the previous guards.

3. What causes the current that injures Dirk and Al?
(a) Power turbine's exhaust current.
(b) Delphi's protective current barrier, similar in function to a moat around a castle.
(c) Natural underwater river.
(d) Underwater vortex suction.

4. How does Al prevent Delphi's gun from killing Dirk?
(a) He sticks his finger in the gun barrel.
(b) He secretly unloads the ammunition when Delphi is distracted.
(c) He puts his finger between the hammer and the striker pin.
(d) He jams the trigger, preventing it from being pulled back.

5. What argument does Summer use to convince Delphi not to shoot Al and Dirk inside the seamount?
(a) That the blood will stain the floor.
(b) That he should not being death and bloodshed within his home.
(c) That she loves Dirk.
(d) That she's afraid of guns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of shark meets Al as he speeds towards the surface with Adrian?

2. How does Dirk discover LT March after he realizes they are not alone on the submarine?

3. What is the rescue schedule for the Starbuck when Dirk, Al and the Navy team return to the Pacifc Vortex?

4. Who is Al Giordino?

5. What is holding the Starbuck down?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Dirk fear lays in store for the Martha Ann? What information is he now armed with that may help? What does he still not know that could be fatal?

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

4. When Dirk discovers LCDR Boland has been stabbed with a spear, he decides the spear must come out. What is standard first aid procedure for puncture/impalement wounds and why and how does Dirk deviate from it?

5. What does Delphi say is his main objective? What does Dirk say is Delphi's main objective?

6. 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?

7. It is evident that Seaman First Class Farris could never have been any help to Delphi's cause or mission, however, Delphi keeps him alive, in spite of admitting to Dirk that Farris is "a minor miscalculation." What might be some reasons for this?

8. 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?

9. What is Delphi's plan for the Starbuck?

10. What does LT Robert Buckmaster discover at the old Army installation, which supposedly belongs to Delphi that partially explains the entirely unexpected fierce resistance to Marine's invasion? How might this situation have come to be?

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