Pacific Vortex Test | Final Test - Medium

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Pacific Vortex Test | Final Test - Medium

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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 Dirk determine is the real cause of the school of fish detected by the Martha Ann's sensors?
(a) A decoy to distract them from the boarding team.
(b) Sharks in a feeding frenzy.
(c) Men.
(d) A deliberate hijacking of the sensor's signal.

2. What is the first visible evidence of the real nature of "Them?"
(a) The guard that Dirk kills turns out to be a normal human man.
(b) Dirk sees a shadow outline of one which appears to have a tail and webbed feet.
(c) The man Dirk kills appears to have evolved gills.
(d) Dirk finds evidence of human habitation in the crew's quarters.

3. Why doesn't Pearl Harbor know what has been happening with the Martha Ann and the finding of the Starbuck intact?
(a) The Martha Ann has been using the wrong frequency.
(b) The radios have becomes mysteriously inoperable since they arrived at the Pacific Vortex.
(c) LCDR Boland has not sent any messages.
(d) All radio signals in the area are being jammed.

4. What is the reason for the eucalyptus oil?
(a) Air freshener and dehydrator.
(b) It's not eucalyptus but a seaweed that generates the same odor.
(c) Used as fuel for the generators.
(d) Perfume for the women on the seamount.

5. What does Dirk discover attached to the handrail on the side of the ship at the battle between the Martha Ann's crew and the men from the sea?
(a) A floating line.
(b) A jacob's ladder.
(c) A ramp.
(d) A grappling hook.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Martha Ann has 20 feet of freeboard, making attack from the surface difficult according to LCDR Boland. What is freeboard?

2. Who is LT Robert Buckmaster?

3. How long has the giant with the golden eyes been keeping tabs on Dirk's activities?

4. How does Frederick Moran die?

5. Which friend of her father's does Adrian admit to Dirk she has been sleeping with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dirk reinforce his disregard for authority upon return from the Pacific Vortex with the crew of the Martha Ann?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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