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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Peter rigged up to carry the baby or groceries?
(a) a four-wheel buggy
(b) a two-wheel carriage for the back of his bicycle
(c) a canvas backpack
(d) a little red wagon

2. Why are they quarantined on the Scorpion for a few days?
(a) to check thoroughly for contamination
(b) an outbreak of measles
(c) to lower the outside radiation levels
(d) just as a precaution

3. Why does Peter not take the car to Melbourne?
(a) there is very little gasoline left in the country
(b) the car refuses to start
(c) the car needs some new parts
(d) the tires are flat

4. Where was Peter stationed when the war started?
(a) at a radar station in Tasmania
(b) at the Naval Base in Melbourne
(c) on board the U.S.S. Scorpion
(d) on board the H.M.A.S. Anzac

5. What is Peter hoping for?
(a) release from the Navy
(b) a desk job in Melbourne
(c) assignment to a ship
(d) information about survival

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moira tell Dwight her occupation is?

2. What does Osbourne say about the world?

3. What does Mary do to protect the baby from the measles?

4. What will happen when the radiation covers the Southern hemisphere?

5. What does Dwight encourage Moira to do?

(see the answer key)

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