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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When is the radiation expected to reach Australia?
(a) next September
(b) next week
(c) next year
(d) next June or July

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

4. When does the story take place?
(a) 1957
(b) 1944
(c) 1970
(d) 1961

5. Where is the USS Swordfish, another nuclear powered submarine?
(a) down in the Antarctic
(b) off the coast of France
(c) in the Persian Gulf
(d) off the coast of South America

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Peter get to town and to the local farmer for milk?

2. Why are they forbidden to go to Townsville?

3. What had the Swordfish done that everyone was talking about?

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

5. What kind of car does Peter have?

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