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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do Peter and John meet at the Pastoral Club in Melbourne?
(a) Moira and Dwight
(b) Sir Douglas Froude, John's great uncle, a retired Lieutenant General
(c) the Vice Admiral of the Australian Navy
(d) the Prime Minister

2. What does Dwight tell Moira about a submarine scouting trip up the east coast of America?
(a) there is nothing left alive
(b) the radiation levels are coming down
(c) the ship never returned
(d) the submarine hit a mine and was destroyed

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

4. Why is the USS Scorpion able to sail in spite of the fuel shortage?
(a) it makes fuel from sea water
(b) it runs on coal
(c) it is nuclear powered
(d) it has large reserve tanks

5. Where does Peter have an appointment?
(a) at the Navy Department in Melbourne
(b) on the USS Scorpion
(c) at the Naval Hospital
(d) with the Mayor of Melbourne

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John Osbourne calculate were dropped during the war?

2. What does Moira call the submarine trips into the Northern hemisphere?

3. What social gathering have Peter and Mary just hosted as the story opens?

4. What happens that night at Peter's and Mary's house?

5. How long as it been since Peter had an assignment?

(see the answer key)

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