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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom do Peter and Dwight meet in Melbourne?
(a) a committee of nervous residents
(b) the crew of the USS Scorpion
(c) the Supreme Allied Commander
(d) the Prime Minister

2. What is the only sign of life at Queensland?
(a) a camel
(b) a dog
(c) a rabbit
(d) a kangaroo

3. 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

4. Where do Lt. Commander Peter Holmes of the Royal Australian Navy, his wife Mary, and baby daughter Jennifer live?
(a) in a flat over a pharmacy
(b) in a hotel in Melbourne
(c) on the Navy Base at Flamouth
(d) in a bungalow not far from Falmouth, Australia

5. How does Moira's father say he wants to go when the time comes?
(a) shoot himself in the head
(b) out in the meadow with his wife
(c) taking a suicide pill
(d) on the veranda with a drink or in his own bed

Short Answer Questions

1. In Australia, what do they figure will go a little before Sydney?

2. In church on Sunday, what does Dwight think about?

3. What does Dwight encourage Moira to do?

4. How long did the nuclear war last in the Northern hemisphere?

5. How does Dwight want to think about people in the Northern hemisphere?

(see the answer key)

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