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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 Swain do without being seen?
(a) gets out of the USS Scorpion and head for Edmonds
(b) steals a gun from the commander's quarters
(c) sends food out the torpedo shaft in case someone is alive
(d) hangs himself in the engine room

2. Who is in command on the USS Scorpion?
(a) Commander Dwight Towers
(b) Captain John Smith
(c) Lieutenant Commander Darrel Towers
(d) Admiral John Osbourne

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

4. What is the only sign of life at Queensland?
(a) a dog
(b) a rabbit
(c) a camel
(d) a kangaroo

5. How long does the USS Swordfish report being submerged that might be a record?
(a) three weeks
(b) forty days
(c) six months
(d) thirty-two days

Short Answer Questions

1. What do they notice about most of the houses?

2. What objects does Dwight hold onto to maintain his ties to his family?

3. Why does the USS Swordfish not come to Australia?

4. Where do the pinpoint the location of the Seattle transmission?

5. What is Dwight's condition when he arrives at Moira's house?

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