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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Moira's surprise for Dwight?
(a) a boomerang
(b) a pogo stick
(c) tickets to the opera
(d) a new sailboat

3. Who starts the push to get the fishing season moved back in Australia?
(a) Moira
(b) Peter
(c) Dwight
(d) John

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

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

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

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

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

9. When Moira and Dwight meet next, what does she tell him?
(a) she is pregnant
(b) she is going to ask to go with him
(c) she is planning a party for his return
(d) she is taking a secretarial course

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

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

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

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

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

15. What does Dwight order the captain of the USS Swordfish to do with his submarine?
(a) give her to the Brazilians
(b) sink her on the high seas
(c) use her for a shelter
(d) put her in dry dock

Short Answer Questions

1. What amenity is given to Dwight?

2. How does Lt. Sunderstrom go ashore at Elliott Bay?

3. What does John get from the widow of a driver killed in the race?

4. Why is the news on the radio not accurate, according to John?

5. What is the reason Jennifer keeps crying?

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