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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 little red wagon
(b) a green playpen
(c) new bicycle tires
(d) a bouquet of roses

2. How does he convince Mary that taking Jennifer's life might be the best thing to do?
(a) he asks her to imagine the baby without her parents
(b) he tells her that angry people might try to shoot the baby
(c) he tells her that they will all be together after death
(d) he tells her that the baby would suffer more than they

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

4. Why are there more cars on the road now?
(a) people are trying to kill themselves in car accidents
(b) the government is giving away fuel
(c) people are no longer saving fuel
(d) a new source of fuel is found

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

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

7. What is the reason Jennifer keeps crying?
(a) she is teething and running a fever
(b) she wants to go to the beach
(c) she is hungry
(d) she hates the playpen

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

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

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

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

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

13. What does Swain do without being seen?
(a) gets out of the USS Scorpion and head for Edmonds
(b) steals a gun from the commander's quarters
(c) hangs himself in the engine room
(d) sends food out the torpedo shaft in case someone is alive

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 fallen curtrain rod moved by the wind
(c) a tennis ball rolling around on the desk
(d) a broken casement rolling on a Coke bottle

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do they want to check out the radio signals?

2. How long do they estimate Swain will live?

3. What does John Osbourne tell Dwight?

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

5. What does John Osbourne look forward to after the next submarine trip?

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