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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has happened at the outset of the novel?
(a) news media reports a pending nuclear war
(b) the people of Melbourne, Australia, hold car races
(c) the USS Scorpion is lost at sea
(d) nuclear destruction of the Northern hemisphere

2. Why does Mr. Davidson think people are not migrating south ahead of the radiation?
(a) they do not really believe it is going to happen to them
(b) not enough publicity had time to get to everyone
(c) they have no idea where to go
(d) they think the radiation will weaken quickly

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

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

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dwight say is coming in very evenly all around the world?

2. What does Moira call the submarine trips into the Northern hemisphere?

3. When does the story take place?

4. Although Mary begins to understand, what does she continue to do?

5. What disturbs Dwight about one painting?

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