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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) drinking port
(b) racing cars
(c) smoking cigars
(d) eating cakes

2. What is Mary's chief concern at this point?
(a) being prepared for company
(b) the safety of the baby
(c) keeping the family together
(d) writing letters to family and friends

3. How does Dwight react to the country?
(a) it makes him wish for the city
(b) it makes him happy to see the trees again
(c) it makes him sad for America
(d) it makes him wonder if he can do the work

4. What does Moira offer to do for Dwight?
(a) to polish his shoes
(b) to mend his laundry
(c) to cook fried checken
(d) to massage his back

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moira say about the way people are going on with their lives?

2. What does the Prime Minister say they want from Dwight and his crew?

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

4. Where is the USS Swordfish, another nuclear powered submarine?

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

(see the answer key)

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