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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When had Dwight attended a briefing about the threat of war?
(a) just a week before it started
(b) the day it started
(c) one month before it broke out
(d) as early as a year ago

2. What sober reflection to the men on the Scorpion have about Cairns, Moresby or Darwin?
(a) only dogs and wild animals will live there
(b) they will return to collect the dead
(c) the cities will fall into the sea
(d) they will be the last humans to ever see them

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are they quarantined on the Scorpion for a few days?

2. What does Moira offer to do for Dwight?

3. What does Moira tell Dwight her occupation is?

4. Why does it not take long to bring Osbourne on board the submarine?

5. What is John Osbourne's estimate of how long they have to live?

(see the answer key)

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