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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is in command on the USS Scorpion?
(a) Lieutenant Commander Darrel Towers
(b) Commander Dwight Towers
(c) Captain John Smith
(d) Admiral John Osbourne

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

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

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

5. How does Moira's father say he wants to go when the time comes?
(a) taking a suicide pill
(b) shoot himself in the head
(c) out in the meadow with his wife
(d) on the veranda with a drink or in his own bed

6. What is at the Pastoral Club that Sir Froude wants to help eliminate?
(a) the girlie floorshow
(b) the antique furniture
(c) uncouth new members
(d) over three thousand bottles of vintage port

7. What social gathering have Peter and Mary just hosted as the story opens?
(a) a barbecue
(b) a family reunion
(c) a formal dinner
(d) a sock hop

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

9. What are Dwight and Peter ordered not to do on the upcoming cruise?
(a) bring anything or anyone contaminated on board the ship
(b) stay longer than planned
(c) sail above the water
(d) tell the crew what their mission is

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

11. Why does Peter not take the car to Melbourne?
(a) the tires are flat
(b) the car refuses to start
(c) the car needs some new parts
(d) there is very little gasoline left in the country

12. What is the southernmost major city in the world?
(a) Aukland
(b) Manilla
(c) Rio de Jainerio
(d) Melbourne

13. How long did the nuclear war last in the Northern hemisphere?
(a) six months
(b) one year
(c) thirty-seven days
(d) one week

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is John Osbourne's estimate of how long they have to live?

2. What will happen when the radiation covers the Southern hemisphere?

3. Where is the USS Swordfish, another nuclear powered submarine?

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

5. After the trail cruise, who comes to inspect the USS Scorpion?

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