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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What objects does Dwight hold onto to maintain his ties to his family?
(a) photographs and letters
(b) a music box and a boomerang
(c) a pogo stick and a fishing rod
(d) a bracelet and a fishing rod

3. What does John Osbourne tell Dwight?
(a) under the circumstances he should go fishing anyway
(b) they only give you a ticket and confiscate your fish
(c) he knows a secret place where no one ever goes
(d) the Australian Game and Wildlife is very strict

4. When there is meat at the butcher shop, how much do they have to pay?
(a) a gallon of fuel per pound
(b) ten times what it was a year ago
(c) nothing if they have no cash
(d) triple normal prices

5. How does Lt. Sunderstrom go ashore at Elliott Bay?
(a) in a radiation suit
(b) in a plastic bubble
(c) in a mini-sub
(d) in a space suit

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

7. How does Peter explain the need for her to know about the pills?
(a) he says it is easier than radiation sickness
(b) he says he might not return
(c) he says he might get too sick to administer them
(d) he says she needs to know what others are doing

8. How does John Osbourne finish in the first race of the Grand Prix?
(a) second because of a blown tire
(b) second but with a damaged car
(c) in first place by a mile
(d) last and out of the competition

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

10. 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) Osbourne
(c) Dwight
(d) Mr. Davidson

11. How does John keep his fear under control while on the submarine?
(a) by thinking about his Ferrari
(b) by drinking brandy
(c) by talking with Peter
(d) by concentrating on his work

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

13. After the Pastoral Club, what do John and Peter have?
(a) a serious discussion about life and death
(b) a wild and dangerous ride in the Ferrari
(c) another round of drinks at the hotel
(d) scones and English tea

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What gift does he buy for his son?

4. What does he look for as a gift for his daughter?

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

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