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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After the trail cruise, who comes to inspect the USS Scorpion?
(a) former general, Sir Douglas Froude
(b) the Mayor of Melbourne
(c) Vice Admiral, Sir David Hartman
(d) the Prime Minister

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

4. 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

5. After the war, where was a conference held to assess the situation?
(a) Wellington, New Zealand
(b) Sydney, Australia
(c) Christ Church, New Zealand
(d) Falmouth, Australia

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

7. What are Peter and Mary doing while Dwight and Moira attend church?
(a) planning a garden
(b) going for a swim
(c) digging a cellar
(d) sailing a boat

8. What does the USS Scorpion find when it emerges near Queensland?
(a) a rubber raft
(b) a fishing boat
(c) an abandoned ferry
(d) a derelict tanker

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

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

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

12. What is the only sign of life at Queensland?
(a) a rabbit
(b) a kangaroo
(c) a dog
(d) a camel

13. Why is the USS Scorpion able to sail in spite of the fuel shortage?
(a) it has large reserve tanks
(b) it makes fuel from sea water
(c) it is nuclear powered
(d) it runs on coal

14. What does Moira offer to do for Dwight?
(a) to massage his back
(b) to polish his shoes
(c) to cook fried checken
(d) to mend his laundry

15. 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 leave before the radiation arrives
(d) if he will stay to the end on the farm

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moira call the submarine trips into the Northern hemisphere?

2. What does Dwight announce for their next voyage?

3. What are Dwight and Peter ordered not to do on the upcoming cruise?

4. What does Osbourne say about the world?

5. Where do Lt. Commander Peter Holmes of the Royal Australian Navy, his wife Mary, and baby daughter Jennifer live?

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