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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long does the USS Swordfish report being submerged that might be a record?
(a) forty days
(b) thirty-two days
(c) six months
(d) three weeks

3. How did the war escalate?
(a) other countries seeing a chance to gain territory
(b) the nuclear fallout began affecting other countries
(c) when Japan joined the conflict
(d) no one really knows

4. For how long did the Russians and Chinese figure nuclear bombs would render land uninhabitable?
(a) under 20 years
(b) more than fifty years
(c) only a year
(d) about five years

5. Why is the USS Scorpion able to sail in spite of the fuel shortage?
(a) it is nuclear powered
(b) it runs on coal
(c) it has large reserve tanks
(d) it makes fuel from sea water

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of car does Peter have?

2. Where was Peter stationed when the war started?

3. Why does Osbourne say that perhaps people did not deserve the world?

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

5. What is Peter hoping for?

(see the answer key)

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