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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Peter hoping for?
(a) release from the Navy
(b) information about survival
(c) a desk job in Melbourne
(d) assignment to a ship

2. Why does Moira think going to school is ridiculous?
(a) she never liked going to school
(b) there will be no time to use what she learns
(c) there are no jobs anymore
(d) she is too old to learn

3. Why are they forbidden to go to Townsville?
(a) there is no docking facility there
(b) the army is going there
(c) the people are dying and cannot be helped
(d) there is not enough time to waste there

4. What does Dwight tell Moira about a submarine scouting trip up the east coast of America?
(a) the radiation levels are coming down
(b) the submarine hit a mine and was destroyed
(c) there is nothing left alive
(d) the ship never returned

5. Why does it not take long to bring Osbourne on board the submarine?
(a) he is in a hurry to get started
(b) he will use the ship's equipment
(c) most of his equipment is portable
(d) he is passed out drunk and carried onto the ship

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Peter not hold out much hope for a naval assignment?

2. How long as it been since Peter had an assignment?

3. Why is John Osbourne assigned to the USS Scorpion?

4. What are Dwight and Peter ordered not to do on the upcoming cruise?

5. In church on Sunday, what does Dwight think about?

(see the answer key)

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