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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is headed for the Southern hemisphere?
(a) radiation fallout
(b) the entire U.S. naval fleet
(c) guided missiles from the North
(d) planes carrying nuclear bombs

7. How does Dwight want to think about people in the Northern hemisphere?
(a) that they are all headed south
(b) that they are all alive
(c) that the war never happened
(d) that they have gone underground

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

9. When is the radiation expected to reach Australia?
(a) next June or July
(b) next year
(c) next September
(d) next week

10. What is Peter hoping for?
(a) assignment to a ship
(b) information about survival
(c) release from the Navy
(d) a desk job in Melbourne

11. How long does Peter say the next trip of the Scorpion will probably take?
(a) about one year
(b) about six weeks
(c) about six months
(d) about two months

12. How long does the USS Swordfish report being submerged that might be a record?
(a) forty days
(b) thirty-two days
(c) six months
(d) three weeks

13. What does John Osbourne calculate were dropped during the war?
(a) about 4,700 bombs
(b) warning leaflets
(c) all national loyalties
(d) diplomatic negotiations

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

15. Where does Peter have an appointment?
(a) with the Mayor of Melbourne
(b) on the USS Scorpion
(c) at the Navy Department in Melbourne
(d) at the Naval Hospital

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Osbourne say that perhaps people did not deserve the world?

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

5. What is John's uncle doing that he had given up for health reasons?

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