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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the southernmost major city in the world?
(a) Aukland
(b) Rio de Jainerio
(c) Manilla
(d) Melbourne

2. Why does Peter not take the car to Melbourne?
(a) there is very little gasoline left in the country
(b) the car needs some new parts
(c) the car refuses to start
(d) the tires are flat

3. How long did the nuclear war last in the Northern hemisphere?
(a) one year
(b) six months
(c) thirty-seven days
(d) one week

4. Where does Peter have an appointment?
(a) on the USS Scorpion
(b) at the Naval Hospital
(c) at the Navy Department in Melbourne
(d) with the Mayor of Melbourne

5. What does Dwight say he plans on doing once he returns to Mystic, Connecticut?
(a) getting a sailboat
(b) opening a shop
(c) retiring from the Navy
(d) writing a book

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Peter not hold out much hope for a naval assignment?

2. Why are they forbidden to go to Townsville?

3. Why does Mr. Davidson think people are not migrating south ahead of the radiation?

4. What does Moira say about the way people are going on with their lives?

5. Who do Peter and Mary invite to their house to keep Dwight entertained?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe briefly what the story is about.

2. Why have methods of transportation changed in Australia?

3. What is Dwight's experience in church the weekend he spends with Peter and Mary?

4. How does the relationship between Dwight and Moira develop?

5. Describe Moira's attitude toward life.

6. How does Shute explain the proliferation of atomic weapons?

7. How has the boisterous revelry of the townspeople changed over the past year?

8. How had Dwight been warned of the possibility of the war?

9. What does Moira learn about Dwight while touring the submarine?

10. What is the consensus about which countries actually started the war?

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