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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Osbourne say about the world?
(a) it will collapse from carbon pollutions
(b) it will disintegrate slowly
(c) it will go on, there just won't be people
(d) it will become a vast desert planet like Mars

2. How does Moira's father say he wants to go when the time comes?
(a) taking a suicide pill
(b) on the veranda with a drink or in his own bed
(c) shoot himself in the head
(d) out in the meadow with his wife

3. What are the people of Melbourne doing to cope with the reality of pending death?
(a) pretending the threat does not exist
(b) attending church services
(c) having boisterous, uninhibited and lighthearted parties
(d) having large family reunions

4. What does John Osbourne look forward to after the next submarine trip?
(a) drinking port with his uncle
(b) asking Moira to marry him
(c) taking a road trip
(d) three months of auto racing

5. How does Dwight want to think about people in the Northern hemisphere?
(a) that the war never happened
(b) that they are all headed south
(c) that they have gone underground
(d) that they are all alive

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car does Peter have?

2. Where does Peter have an appointment?

3. What assignment does Peter receive?

4. When Moira and Dwight meet next, what does she tell him?

5. What does Moira say about the way people are going on with their lives?

(see the answer key)

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