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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 are they not sure about the radiation sickness in Cape Town?
(a) they have conflicting reports
(b) there is still radio contact
(c) the Scorpion has not gone there
(d) there are no radio stations in Cape Town

3. What does he look for as a gift for his daughter?
(a) a pogo stick
(b) a doll house
(c) a set of puzzles
(d) an Australian doll

4. Although Mary begins to understand, what does she continue to do?
(a) things that will be needed next year
(b) drinking a lot
(c) digging up the garden to burn
(d) raging at Peter

5. Where do the pinpoint the location of the Seattle transmission?
(a) at the Columbia River
(b) at Santa Maria
(c) at Seattle airport
(d) at Half Moon Bay

6. How does John tell Peter the radiation sickness goes?
(a) slow and painless
(b) quickly at the end
(c) long and lingering
(d) like nothing unusual is happening

7. What good news does Moira tell Dwight?
(a) the Scorpion has been refitted
(b) the Grand Prix is earlier this year
(c) she is carrying his child
(d) the fishing season has been opened early

8. What do they notice about most of the houses?
(a) most roofs blown off of houses
(b) all the paint peeled off the houses
(c) damage that looks like a cyclone came through
(d) not much damage but no signs of life

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

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

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

12. Where is the radiation sickness by August?
(a) Sydney and Adelaide
(b) South Africa and Uruguay
(c) Southern Argentina
(d) Cape of Good Hope

13. What does the group of dead people in the gazebo look like?
(a) they are taking a smoke break
(b) they are trying to hide
(c) they are having a party
(d) they are unexpectedly surprised

14. What is the source of the mysterious radio signal Sunderstrom is looking for?
(a) a bobble-head figure lying on its side
(b) a broken casement rolling on a Coke bottle
(c) a fallen curtrain rod moved by the wind
(d) a tennis ball rolling around on the desk

15. What does Moira decide to do while Dwight is at sea?
(a) look for the pogo stick he could not find
(b) buy him some new socks
(c) go stay with Mary and Jennifer
(d) go racing with John Osbourne

Short Answer Questions

1. What seems to increase the tolerance to radioactivity, by a few days?

2. After the Pastoral Club, what do John and Peter have?

3. Where do they think there are no people living?

4. What disturbs Dwight about one painting?

5. What amenity is given to Dwight?

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