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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What becomes apparent during the meeting with the Admiral?
(a) he has been drinking in his office
(b) he has obviously gotten the sickness
(c) he no longer cares
(d) he has killed his wife

5. When does the story take place?
(a) 1961
(b) 1970
(c) 1957
(d) 1944

Short Answer Questions

1. After watching the Scorpion leave, what does Moira do?

2. What disturbs Dwight about one painting?

3. What amenity is given to Dwight?

4. What have Peter and Mary learned to do because of the shortages?

5. Who is on the motorboat the sub spots?

(see the answer key)

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