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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who starts the push to get the fishing season moved back in Australia?
(a) Peter
(b) Dwight
(c) Moira
(d) John

2. How does he convince Mary that taking Jennifer's life might be the best thing to do?
(a) he tells her that angry people might try to shoot the baby
(b) he asks her to imagine the baby without her parents
(c) he tells her that they will all be together after death
(d) he tells her that the baby would suffer more than they

3. How did the war escalate?
(a) no one really knows
(b) other countries seeing a chance to gain territory
(c) the nuclear fallout began affecting other countries
(d) when Japan joined the conflict

4. What disturbs Dwight about one painting?
(a) it reminds him of his home in Mystic
(b) the woman in the painting looks like Sharon, his wife
(c) it is bright, cheerful, and unreal
(d) it looks like New York destroyed by the bombs

5. How do Dwight and Moira avoid thinking about the end?
(a) they drink too much
(b) they talk about next year
(c) they agree not to talk
(d) they talk about the past

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dwight's condition when he arrives at Moira's house?

2. What weapons were used in the Russian-Chinese war?

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

4. What does Dwight say he plans on doing once he returns to Mystic, Connecticut?

5. What does Moira decide to do while Dwight is at sea?

(see the answer key)

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