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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are Peter and Mary doing while Dwight and Moira attend church?
(a) sailing a boat
(b) digging a cellar
(c) planning a garden
(d) going for a swim

3. What does the USS Scorpion find when it emerges near Queensland?
(a) an abandoned ferry
(b) a fishing boat
(c) a derelict tanker
(d) a rubber raft

4. Why are they forbidden to go to Townsville?
(a) the people are dying and cannot be helped
(b) there is no docking facility there
(c) the army is going there
(d) there is not enough time to waste there

5. In Australia, what do they figure will go a little before Sydney?
(a) Cape Town
(b) Tasmania
(c) Perth
(d) Melbourne

Short Answer Questions

1. After the trail cruise, who comes to inspect the USS Scorpion?

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

3. When had Dwight attended a briefing about the threat of war?

4. What assignment does Peter receive?

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

(see the answer key)

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