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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peter instruct Mary how to do if he is not back when the radiation hits?
(a) eat only what they grew in their garden
(b) head south where he will find her
(c) stay in the house with the doors and windows closed
(d) kill the baby and herself

2. How long does Peter say the next trip of the Scorpion will probably take?
(a) about six weeks
(b) about one year
(c) about two months
(d) about six months

3. Why does Peter ride his bicycle to Mr. Paul's farm?
(a) to buy lettuce and tomatoes
(b) to ask for a job
(c) to get milk and cream
(d) to sell eggs

4. What does Dwight announce for their next voyage?
(a) sailing completely around the world
(b) putting a man ashore in protective clothing
(c) looking for underwater places to build a city
(d) looking for inhabitable places in the Arctic

5. Why does it not take long to bring Osbourne on board the submarine?
(a) he is in a hurry to get started
(b) he will use the ship's equipment
(c) most of his equipment is portable
(d) he is passed out drunk and carried onto the ship

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Peter hoping for?

2. What are Peter and Mary doing while Dwight and Moira attend church?

3. What does John Osbourne calculate were dropped during the war?

4. What assignment does Peter receive?

5. How does Peter get to town and to the local farmer for milk?

(see the answer key)

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