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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Peter hoping for?
(a) assignment to a ship
(b) release from the Navy
(c) information about survival
(d) a desk job in Melbourne

3. What are Dwight and Peter ordered not to do on the upcoming cruise?
(a) bring anything or anyone contaminated on board the ship
(b) tell the crew what their mission is
(c) stay longer than planned
(d) sail above the water

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

5. What does the Prime Minister say they want from Dwight and his crew?
(a) to find some life in the north
(b) to have a detailed report ready
(c) to return in good health
(d) to set some new endurance records

Short Answer Questions

1. What weapons were used in the Russian-Chinese war?

2. What does Mary do to protect the baby from the measles?

3. What is John Osbourne's estimate of how long they have to live?

4. What have Peter and Mary learned to do because of the shortages?

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

(see the answer key)

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