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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the USS Swordfish, another nuclear powered submarine?
(a) off the coast of South America
(b) in the Persian Gulf
(c) down in the Antarctic
(d) off the coast of France

2. What does Moira's father ask Dwight?
(a) if he plans to sink his ship
(b) if he will stay to the end on the farm
(c) if he will leave before the radiation arrives
(d) if he plans to move his ship further south

3. What had the Swordfish done that everyone was talking about?
(a) It pulled into its home port and found no one alive
(b) diffused a nuclear bomb that had not exploded
(c) broken the ice at the South Pole
(d) sunk a Russian nuclear sub

4. What is headed for the Southern hemisphere?
(a) radiation fallout
(b) planes carrying nuclear bombs
(c) guided missiles from the North
(d) the entire U.S. naval fleet

5. After the war, where was a conference held to assess the situation?
(a) Wellington, New Zealand
(b) Christ Church, New Zealand
(c) Falmouth, Australia
(d) Sydney, Australia

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the USS Swordfish report being submerged that might be a record?

2. After the trail cruise, who comes to inspect the USS Scorpion?

3. What sober reflection to the men on the Scorpion have about Cairns, Moresby or Darwin?

4. What does Dwight announce for their next voyage?

5. How long did the nuclear war last in the Northern hemisphere?

(see the answer key)

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