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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the USS Swordfish leave Rio for Montevideo?
(a) they think some people are alive in Montevideo
(b) radiation gets too hot in Rio
(c) they need a change of scenery
(d) radiation has not reached Montevideo

2. What assignment does Peter receive?
(a) commander of the H.M.A.S Melbourne
(b) paymaster for the Royal Australian Navy
(c) communications officer on the USS Swordfish
(d) liaison officer on the USS Scorpion

3. What does Moira do in Melbourne?
(a) meets Dwight at a hotel
(b) vows to give up drinking
(c) tours the USS Scorpion
(d) rents an apartment

4. Why are they forbidden to go to Townsville?
(a) the army is going there
(b) there is no docking facility there
(c) there is not enough time to waste there
(d) the people are dying and cannot be helped

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In church on Sunday, what does Dwight think about?

2. Why does it not take long to bring Osbourne on board the submarine?

3. How does Dwight want to think about people in the Northern hemisphere?

4. Why is there a shortage of fuel?

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

(see the answer key)

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