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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Moira say about the way people are going on with their lives?
(a) no one believes the end will come
(b) she's not brave enough to do that
(c) that's the way Australians are
(d) keeping busy helps everyone prepare

3. What assignment does Peter receive?
(a) commander of the H.M.A.S Melbourne
(b) communications officer on the USS Swordfish
(c) paymaster for the Royal Australian Navy
(d) liaison officer on the USS Scorpion

4. What does Moira tell Dwight her occupation is?
(a) farmer
(b) stenography
(c) drinking alcohol
(d) waitress

5. Why are they forbidden to go to Townsville?
(a) there is no docking facility there
(b) there is not enough time to waste there
(c) the army is going there
(d) the people are dying and cannot be helped

6. How does Peter get to town and to the local farmer for milk?
(a) he walks
(b) he rides a pony
(c) he uses roller skates
(d) he rides a bicycle

7. Who do Peter and John meet at the Pastoral Club in Melbourne?
(a) Moira and Dwight
(b) the Prime Minister
(c) Sir Douglas Froude, John's great uncle, a retired Lieutenant General
(d) the Vice Admiral of the Australian Navy

8. What does Moira do in Melbourne?
(a) tours the USS Scorpion
(b) meets Dwight at a hotel
(c) vows to give up drinking
(d) rents an apartment

9. What are the people of Melbourne doing to cope with the reality of pending death?
(a) having boisterous, uninhibited and lighthearted parties
(b) having large family reunions
(c) pretending the threat does not exist
(d) attending church services

10. What happens that night at Peter's and Mary's house?
(a) Moira gets drunk and has to be put to bed
(b) Dwight gets drunk and has to be put to bed
(c) Moira and Dwight have a huge argument
(d) Dwight and Moira fall in love

11. Why does Osbourne say that perhaps people did not deserve the world?
(a) we deserve something better
(b) the world has too much to offer
(c) the animals have more sense
(d) we have been too silly

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

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

14. Where was Peter stationed when the war started?
(a) at the Naval Base in Melbourne
(b) on board the H.M.A.S. Anzac
(c) at a radar station in Tasmania
(d) on board the U.S.S. Scorpion

15. What plants does Mary want around the house?
(a) ones that they can eat
(b) ones that will survive not being wateres
(c) ones that take years to mature
(d) ones that will come up fast

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Peter have an appointment?

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

3. Who is in command on the USS Scorpion?

4. Why does it not take long to bring Osbourne on board the submarine?

5. How did the war escalate?

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