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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is John's uncle doing that he had given up for health reasons?
(a) eating cakes
(b) racing cars
(c) smoking cigars
(d) drinking port

2. What have Peter and Mary learned to do because of the shortages?
(a) weave cloth
(b) raise chickens for eggs
(c) knit socks
(d) make their own butter

3. What social gathering have Peter and Mary just hosted as the story opens?
(a) a barbecue
(b) a family reunion
(c) a sock hop
(d) a formal dinner

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) Moira and Dwight
(d) the Vice Admiral of the Australian Navy

5. What does Moira say about the way people are going on with their lives?
(a) keeping busy helps everyone prepare
(b) no one believes the end will come
(c) that's the way Australians are
(d) she's not brave enough to do that

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Although radiation has reached Townsville, northern Australia, what is the situation?

3. How is it recorded that the people died?

4. Why was the war limited to the Northern hemisphere?

5. Why does Moira think going to school is ridiculous?

(see the answer key)

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