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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what depths does a deep-shipwreck diver's judgment and motor skills become impaired?
(a) 130 feet.
(b) 200 feet.
(c) 57 feet.
(d) 66 feet.

2. Where did Chatterton attend high school?
(a) Cape May.
(b) Newark.
(c) Garden City.
(d) Brielle.

3. When did Nagle and Chatterton decide to come back to the wreck of the submarine?
(a) October 14.
(b) October 4.
(c) September 21.
(d) September 18.

4. What time did the divers set out for a second trip to the wreck?
(a) 11 p.m.
(b) 1 a.m.
(c) 10 p.m.
(d) 2 a.m.

5. What might be the decompression time for a 2-hour dive?
(a) 3 hours.
(b) 5 hours.
(c) 9 hours.
(d) 7 hours.

6. How tall was Chatterton?
(a) 5 ft. 8 in.
(b) 6 ft. 1 in.
(c) 5 ft. 11 in.
(d) 6 ft. 2 in.

7. How many divers signed on to try to find the wreck besides Nagle and Chatterson?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 11.
(d) 10.

8. How long was it before the "Seeker" could return to the wreck?
(a) 4 weeks.
(b) 7 weeks.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 5 weeks.

9. How many years did Kohler spend building the mirror division of his father's company?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

10. What U-boat was on display at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry?
(a) U-505.
(b) U-681.
(c) U-715.
(d) U-493.

11. In Chapter 2, approximately how many certified scuba divers did the author say there were in the world?
(a) 375,000.
(b) 150,000.
(c) 20 million.
(d) 15 million.

12. How long would a diver have to work a wreck before he had to begin the ascent to the surface?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 25 minutes.
(c) 55 minutes.
(d) 2 hours.

13. What was imprinted on a cologne bottle that Kohler found?
(a) Anuga.
(b) Illmenite.
(c) Rabanne.
(d) Glockengasse.

14. How large a hole was in the side of the sub?
(a) 25 by 50 ft.
(b) 10 ft. by 40 ft.
(c) 5 by 10 ft.
(d) 15 by 30 ft.

15. When was the Civil Air Patrol organized by New York's Mayor Fiorello La Guardia?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1939.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Chatterton think it would take him to determine if it was worth diving to the wreck or safe to dive to the wreck?

2. How old was Nagle in 1991?

3. When did Jacques Cousteau help invent a system of tanks and regulators that allowed men to breathe underwater?

4. At sea level, what percent of oxygen would a person breathe?

5. For how many years did Rae Emmet Arison command submarines?

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