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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What sober reflection to the men on the Scorpion have about Cairns, Moresby or Darwin?
(a) they will return to collect the dead
(b) only dogs and wild animals will live there
(c) the cities will fall into the sea
(d) they will be the last humans to ever see them

3. What is John's uncle doing that he had given up for health reasons?
(a) racing cars
(b) smoking cigars
(c) eating cakes
(d) drinking port

4. Where are strange radio signals coming from?
(a) Montevideo
(b) Honolulu
(c) San Francisco
(d) Seattle

5. What is Mary's chief concern at this point?
(a) being prepared for company
(b) writing letters to family and friends
(c) the safety of the baby
(d) keeping the family together

Short Answer Questions

1. When had Dwight attended a briefing about the threat of war?

2. What was the final conclusion about who started the war?

3. How does John Osbourne finish in the first race of the Grand Prix?

4. When do Broken Hill and Perth go out because of the radiation?

5. For how long did the Russians and Chinese figure nuclear bombs would render land uninhabitable?

(see the answer key)

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