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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After dinner, where do Dwight and Moira go?
(a) the nearest bar
(b) back to the Scorpion
(c) the National Gallery
(d) to a hotel room

2. 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

3. How does Peter explain the need for her to know about the pills?
(a) he says she needs to know what others are doing
(b) he says it is easier than radiation sickness
(c) he says he might not return
(d) he says he might get too sick to administer them

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

5. Why does Peter not hold out much hope for a naval assignment?
(a) there are only seven small ships left in the Navy
(b) there is nothing the ships can do
(c) there are too many officers ahead of him
(d) there is not enough fuel to operate ships

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dwight think forty percent of his crew will not return to the Scorpion?

2. Who do Peter and Mary invite to their house to keep Dwight entertained?

3. What does Osbourne say about the world?

4. Why does the USS Swordfish not come to Australia?

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

(see the answer key)

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