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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

2. How does he convince Mary that taking Jennifer's life might be the best thing to do?
(a) he tells her that they will all be together after death
(b) he tells her that angry people might try to shoot the baby
(c) he tells her that the baby would suffer more than they
(d) he asks her to imagine the baby without her parents

3. How does Peter explain the need for her to know about the pills?
(a) he says it is easier than radiation sickness
(b) he says he might not return
(c) he says he might get too sick to administer them
(d) he says she needs to know what others are doing

4. Where is Albury that has a suspected case of radiation sickness?
(a) about 200 miles west of Melbourne
(b) about 100 miles north of Melbourne
(c) about 50 miles north of Melbourne
(d) about 200 miles north of Melbourne.

5. By radio message, what does Dwight Towers learn he has now become?
(a) the commanding officer of the U.S. Naval forces in all areas
(b) the record holder for staying submerged
(c) coordinator of Australian Civil Defense
(d) a new father

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has happened at the outset of the novel?

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

4. What does the group of dead people in the gazebo look like?

5. Why is the USS Scorpion able to sail in spite of the fuel shortage?

(see the answer key)

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