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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although Mary begins to understand, what does she continue to do?
(a) digging up the garden to burn
(b) things that will be needed next year
(c) raging at Peter
(d) drinking a lot

2. What assignment does Peter receive?
(a) communications officer on the USS Swordfish
(b) commander of the H.M.A.S Melbourne
(c) paymaster for the Royal Australian Navy
(d) liaison officer on the USS Scorpion

3. Who do Peter and John meet at the Pastoral Club in Melbourne?
(a) Moira and Dwight
(b) the Vice Admiral of the Australian Navy
(c) Sir Douglas Froude, John's great uncle, a retired Lieutenant General
(d) the Prime Minister

4. What is John Osbourne's estimate of how long they have to live?
(a) about six months
(b) about three months
(c) about a decade
(d) about a year

5. What kind of car does Peter have?
(a) a Morris
(b) a Mini-Cooper
(c) a Ferrari
(d) an MG

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is there a shortage of fuel?

2. What does Dwight encourage Moira to do?

3. How does John keep his fear under control while on the submarine?

4. What will happen when the radiation covers the Southern hemisphere?

5. In Australia, what do they figure will go a little before Sydney?

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