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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moira's father ask Dwight?
(a) if he plans to move his ship further south
(b) if he plans to sink his ship
(c) if he will stay to the end on the farm
(d) if he will leave before the radiation arrives

2. What has Peter rigged up to carry the baby or groceries?
(a) a canvas backpack
(b) a little red wagon
(c) a four-wheel buggy
(d) a two-wheel carriage for the back of his bicycle

3. What weapons were used in the Russian-Chinese war?
(a) siberians and mongals
(b) small atomic warheads
(c) dirty bombs
(d) hydrogen and cobalt bombs

4. What does the Prime Minister say they want from Dwight and his crew?
(a) to find some life in the north
(b) to have a detailed report ready
(c) to return in good health
(d) to set some new endurance records

5. What kind of car does Peter have?
(a) an MG
(b) a Ferrari
(c) a Mini-Cooper
(d) a Morris

6. Why does Mr. Davidson think people are not migrating south ahead of the radiation?
(a) they do not really believe it is going to happen to them
(b) they think the radiation will weaken quickly
(c) they have no idea where to go
(d) not enough publicity had time to get to everyone

7. Why does Peter not hold out much hope for a naval assignment?
(a) there are only seven small ships left in the Navy
(b) there is not enough fuel to operate ships
(c) there are too many officers ahead of him
(d) there is nothing the ships can do

8. 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

9. Why does Peter ride his bicycle to Mr. Paul's farm?
(a) to get milk and cream
(b) to buy lettuce and tomatoes
(c) to ask for a job
(d) to sell eggs

10. What sober reflection to the men on the Scorpion have about Cairns, Moresby or Darwin?
(a) they will be the last humans to ever see them
(b) they will return to collect the dead
(c) the cities will fall into the sea
(d) only dogs and wild animals will live there

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

12. What is John Osbourne's estimate of how long they have to live?
(a) about three months
(b) about a year
(c) about six months
(d) about a decade

13. What does Osbourne say about the world?
(a) it will go on, there just won't be people
(b) it will become a vast desert planet like Mars
(c) it will disintegrate slowly
(d) it will collapse from carbon pollutions

14. In church on Sunday, what does Dwight think about?
(a) his family in the United States
(b) how lonely he is
(c) Moira Davidson
(d) what his assignment will be

15. Why are they quarantined on the Scorpion for a few days?
(a) to lower the outside radiation levels
(b) just as a precaution
(c) an outbreak of measles
(d) to check thoroughly for contamination

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is there a shortage of fuel?

2. What is the only sign of life at Queensland?

3. Who do Peter and John meet at the Pastoral Club in Melbourne?

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

5. Why does Moira think going to school is ridiculous?

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