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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides the suicide pills and syringe, what does Peter bring home?
(a) a bouquet of roses
(b) new bicycle tires
(c) a green playpen
(d) a little red wagon

2. Why does Seaman Swain want to see Edmonds through the periscope?
(a) it is near his hometown
(b) his girlfriend lives there
(c) he went to college there
(d) it is his hometown

3. Why can Dwight not go trout fishing?
(a) fishing but the season doesn't start until September 1st
(b) he cannot be that far away from the Scorpion
(c) it is too far to the mountain streams
(d) he has no fishing gear

4. What amenity is given to Dwight?
(a) a Navy car and driver
(b) unlimited use of the OC
(c) a suite at a 4-star hotel
(d) a second liaison officer

5. What are they giving away at the Pastoral Club now?
(a) free memberships
(b) the most expensive bottles of wine
(c) bottles of cheap wine
(d) ashtrays and silverware

6. Where are the most southerly cases now, according to John's update?
(a) Patagonia, Tahiti, and Madagascar
(b) Buenos Aires, Montevideo, and Auckland
(c) Kuala Lampur, Shanghai, and Panama city
(d) Sierra Leon, Rio, and Manilla

7. Why does Swain not take the gun offered him?
(a) he says he will drown himself
(b) he has one of his own
(c) he wants to go like his family
(d) he doesn't think he will die

8. Where does the crew of the Scorpion see Swain?
(a) setting fire to Edmonds
(b) driving a convertible in Edmonds
(c) walking through the streets of Edmonds
(d) swinging from the flagpole in Edmonds

9. When do Broken Hill and Perth go out because of the radiation?
(a) the day the Scorpion returns
(b) in late June
(c) on Peter's birthday
(d) in the beginning of July

10. What does Sunderstrom find that he cannot take back to the submarine?
(a) notes written by dying people
(b) tapes of Buddy Holly
(c) bottles of Mountain Dew
(d) copies of Saturday Evening Post

11. What are Peter and Mary doing now?
(a) digging a radiation shelter
(b) planning on having another baby
(c) going to the mountains to ski
(d) laying out flower beds for spring

12. Where are strange radio signals coming from?
(a) Honolulu
(b) Montevideo
(c) San Francisco
(d) Seattle

13. How do Dwight and Moira avoid thinking about the end?
(a) they drink too much
(b) they agree not to talk
(c) they talk about next year
(d) they talk about the past

14. Meanwhile, what is John Osbourne doing?
(a) looking for a new race car
(b) courting Moira
(c) repairing his Ferrari
(d) racing his Ferrari

15. What does Dwight plan to tell Sharon about Moira?
(a) she did nothing except darn his socks
(b) she is old and ugly but good company
(c) she made it possible for him to remain faithful and sober
(d) she taught him how to fish

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does John want the Grand Prix race moved up to August 10th?

2. What does Moira decide to do while Dwight is at sea?

3. After the Gallery, where does Dwight go?

4. What good news does Moira tell Dwight?

5. How does he convince Mary that taking Jennifer's life might be the best thing to do?

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