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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dwight encourage Moira to do?
(a) to get a job or go to trade school
(b) to go to Alcoholics anonymous
(c) to plan their meeting after the next voyage
(d) to volunteer at a hsopital

2. What sober reflection to the men on the Scorpion have about Cairns, Moresby or Darwin?
(a) they will be the last humans to ever see them
(b) the cities will fall into the sea
(c) they will return to collect the dead
(d) only dogs and wild animals will live there

3. What weapons were used in the Russian-Chinese war?
(a) dirty bombs
(b) hydrogen and cobalt bombs
(c) siberians and mongals
(d) small atomic warheads

4. Why does the USS Swordfish not come to Australia?
(a) it is carrying a deadly disease
(b) it got contaminated while not submerged
(c) it has a leak in the hull and connot submerge
(d) its fuel reactor is broken

5. Who knows about the destination for the upcoming trip of the USS Scorpion according to Dwight?
(a) only Peter, John, and him
(b) everyone except him
(c) only Peter and him who have told Mary and Moira
(d) only John Osbourne who carries sealed orders

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the USS Swordfish, another nuclear powered submarine?

2. Why is there a shortage of fuel?

3. What was the final conclusion about who started the war?

4. What is at the Pastoral Club that Sir Froude wants to help eliminate?

5. What social gathering have Peter and Mary just hosted as the story opens?

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