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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 Peter not take the car to Melbourne?
(a) the car needs some new parts
(b) the car refuses to start
(c) the tires are flat
(d) there is very little gasoline left in the country

2. What has happened at the outset of the novel?
(a) the people of Melbourne, Australia, hold car races
(b) the USS Scorpion is lost at sea
(c) nuclear destruction of the Northern hemisphere
(d) news media reports a pending nuclear war

3. Why is John Osbourne assigned to the USS Scorpion?
(a) as science officer to test the levels of radiation
(b) as medical officer to care for injured
(c) as morale officer to entertain the sailors
(d) as communications officer to translate Australian speech

4. How does Dwight want to think about people in the Northern hemisphere?
(a) that they are all alive
(b) that they are all headed south
(c) that the war never happened
(d) that they have gone underground

5. What does Moira tell Dwight her occupation is?
(a) waitress
(b) farmer
(c) stenography
(d) drinking alcohol

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Lt. Commander Peter Holmes of the Royal Australian Navy, his wife Mary, and baby daughter Jennifer live?

2. Why does Peter ride his bicycle to Mr. Paul's farm?

3. How long does the USS Swordfish report being submerged that might be a record?

4. Why does the USS Swordfish leave Rio for Montevideo?

5. What kind of car does Peter have?

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