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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Swain not take the gun offered him?
(a) he wants to go like his family
(b) he says he will drown himself
(c) he doesn't think he will die
(d) he has one of his own

3. Why does Moira think going to school is ridiculous?
(a) there will be no time to use what she learns
(b) there are no jobs anymore
(c) she is too old to learn
(d) she never liked going to school

4. Why do they want to check out the radio signals?
(a) there might be a human behind them
(b) there night be a new source of energy
(c) there might be a clue about the war
(d) there might be a break in the fallout

5. How long do they estimate Swain will live?
(a) about three days
(b) about three hours
(c) about two weeks
(d) about a month

Short Answer Questions

1. What objects does Dwight hold onto to maintain his ties to his family?

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

3. What is Peter hoping for?

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

5. Who says about Swain that if it had been him and the fishing was good that day, and it was his last day, he wouldn't come back either?

(see the answer key)

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