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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tanker did Chatterton discover in 1994?
(a) Canisteo.
(b) Sebastian.
(c) Caloosahatchee.
(d) Norness.

2. What type of cargo did the U-851 carry?
(a) Mercury.
(b) Gold.
(c) Silver.
(d) Plutonium.

3. How many U-boat crewmen died during World War II?
(a) 30,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 5,450.
(d) 7,394.

4. How old was Merten, one of the experts who was helping Chatterton?
(a) 74.
(b) 92.
(c) 86.
(d) 68.

5. Who was the commander of the U-857?
(a) Paul Ackermann.
(b) Hermann Kaiser.
(c) Otto Eberlein.
(d) Rudolf Premauer.

6. When did the Seeker return to the wreck for a second dive in 1993?
(a) August 18.
(b) July 15.
(c) July 31.
(d) August 1.

7. How many bronze plaques listed the U-boat crewmen killed in action in World War II?
(a) 89.
(b) 53.
(c) 45.
(d) 64.

8. When was the senior radioman of the U-857 born?
(a) April 13, 1915.
(b) July 24, 1918.
(c) September 11, 1916.
(d) March 14, 1917.

9. How far apart did Chatterton and Kohler live from one another?
(a) 5 miles.
(b) 3 miles.
(c) 23 miles.
(d) 31 miles.

10. What date did Chatterton discover on the escape lung he found in Chapter 11?
(a) May 12, 1944.
(b) January 13, 1944.
(c) April 15, 1944.
(d) September 1, 1944.

11. How old was the chief engineer of the U-869?
(a) 30.
(b) 28.
(c) 32.
(d) 37.

12. What time did Chatterton return home Memorial Day, 1993?
(a) Around 1 a.m.
(b) 10 p.m.
(c) Near midnight.
(d) 11 p.m.

13. How far did Chatterton have to go to get his stage bottles after running out of air after collecting a box from the electric motor room?
(a) 55 ft.
(b) 45 ft.
(c) 60 ft.
(d) 50 ft.

14. How many stage bottles had the Rouses left behind?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

15. During the first dive to the wreck in 1992, who was assigned to measure the wreck?
(a) Chatterton.
(b) Kohler.
(c) Yurga.
(d) Crowell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Kohler's son's name?

2. How many pounds of TNT were in German submarine torpedoes?

3. When did Kohler and his wife separate?

4. Where was the mystery sub built?

5. How many divers accompanied Chatterton and Kohler for the attempt to get into the electric motor room?

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