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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is John Osbourne assigned to the USS Scorpion?
(a) as morale officer to entertain the sailors
(b) as communications officer to translate Australian speech
(c) as science officer to test the levels of radiation
(d) as medical officer to care for injured

2. What does Moira call the submarine trips into the Northern hemisphere?
(a) looking for busy work
(b) looking for ships that never come in
(c) looking for needles in a haystack
(d) looking at dead people through a periscope

3. How long did the nuclear war last in the Northern hemisphere?
(a) one year
(b) one week
(c) six months
(d) thirty-seven days

4. How is it recorded that the people died?
(a) tidily
(b) messily
(c) slowly
(d) grusomely

5. Why does the USS Swordfish not come to Australia?
(a) it has a leak in the hull and connot submerge
(b) it got contaminated while not submerged
(c) its fuel reactor is broken
(d) it is carrying a deadly disease

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens that night at Peter's and Mary's house?

2. Why was the war limited to the Northern hemisphere?

3. Why is there a shortage of fuel?

4. What do they figure will go before Melbourne?

5. How do Moira and Dwight get to know each other better?

(see the answer key)

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