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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sunderstrom find that he cannot take back to the submarine?
(a) notes written by dying people
(b) bottles of Mountain Dew
(c) copies of Saturday Evening Post
(d) tapes of Buddy Holly

2. What does John Osbourne calculate were dropped during the war?
(a) diplomatic negotiations
(b) all national loyalties
(c) about 4,700 bombs
(d) warning leaflets

3. Why does Osbourne say that perhaps people did not deserve the world?
(a) the world has too much to offer
(b) the animals have more sense
(c) we deserve something better
(d) we have been too silly

4. Although radiation has reached Townsville, northern Australia, what is the situation?
(a) there are still people alive there
(b) the cases are all light and survivable
(c) medical teams are treating the sick
(d) the winds have shifted back to the north

5. Under what terms does Peter agree to stay on as Dwight's liaison officer?
(a) he can bring his family to live at the Naval yard
(b) he can commute between home and work
(c) he gets a big promotion
(d) he will get his own command next

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only sign of life at Queensland?

2. Who knows about the destination for the upcoming trip of the USS Scorpion according to Dwight?

3. How long does Peter say the next trip of the Scorpion will probably take?

4. Where are the most southerly cases now, according to John's update?

5. Where does John tell Peter the radiation sickness is now?

(see the answer key)

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