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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are they giving away at the Pastoral Club now?
(a) the most expensive bottles of wine
(b) ashtrays and silverware
(c) free memberships
(d) bottles of cheap wine

2. What good news does Moira tell Dwight?
(a) she is carrying his child
(b) the Scorpion has been refitted
(c) the fishing season has been opened early
(d) the Grand Prix is earlier this year

3. Why does Dwight think forty percent of his crew will not return to the Scorpion?
(a) they want to die on land
(b) they have Australian girlfriends
(c) they are tired of useless trips
(d) they cannot stand being submerged

4. Who knows about the destination for the upcoming trip of the USS Scorpion according to Dwight?
(a) everyone except him
(b) only Peter, John, and him
(c) only Peter and him who have told Mary and Moira
(d) only John Osbourne who carries sealed orders

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What had the Swordfish done that everyone was talking about?

2. Why does the USS Swordfish leave Rio for Montevideo?

3. Who is on the motorboat the sub spots?

4. What is the reason Jennifer keeps crying?

5. What does Moira say about the way people are going on with their lives?

(see the answer key)

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