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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is on the motorboat the sub spots?
(a) Sunderstrom is in the boat
(b) Swain is in the bay fishing
(c) a dying old man is in the boat
(d) a dog is in the boat

3. What gift does he buy for his son?
(a) a boomerang
(b) a pogo stick
(c) a soccer ball
(d) a fishing rod

4. What does John get from the widow of a driver killed in the race?
(a) a new car
(b) his two trailer
(c) his pit crew
(d) all his tools

5. Where does John tell Peter the radiation sickness is now?
(a) in Tasmania
(b) in Canberra
(c) in Wellington
(d) in Perth

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

7. What does John Osbourne look forward to after the next submarine trip?
(a) taking a road trip
(b) drinking port with his uncle
(c) three months of auto racing
(d) asking Moira to marry him

8. Why is the news on the radio not accurate, according to John?
(a) they are about three days late
(b) they have outdated equipment
(c) they only broadcast rumors
(d) they have no way to get the facts

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

10. Where do they think there are no people living?
(a) Antarctica
(b) Tierra del Fuego
(c) Papua New Guinea
(d) Siberia

11. Why does John want the Grand Prix race moved up to August 10th?
(a) August 17th is the shortest day of the year
(b) August 17th is John's birthday
(c) August 17th is too cold
(d) August 17th may be too late

12. Where is Edmonds?
(a) inside Seattle
(b) fifteen miles south of Seattle
(c) fifteen miles north of Seattle
(d) fifteen miles east of Seattle

13. Who says about Swain that if it had been him and the fishing was good that day, and it was his last day, he wouldn't come back either?
(a) Peter
(b) Dwight
(c) Osbourne
(d) Mr. Davidson

14. In spite of the news, what are Peter and Mary doing?
(a) planning a vacation
(b) taking the baby to the beach
(c) riding their bicycles
(d) discussing narcissus for the garden for next year

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do they conclude that the city around the Naval Yard shows almost no damage?

2. What objects does Dwight hold onto to maintain his ties to his family?

3. What amenity is given to Dwight?

4. Under what terms does Peter agree to stay on as Dwight's liaison officer?

5. Where does the crew of the Scorpion see Swain?

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