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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. Why does Peter not hold out much hope for a naval assignment?
(a) there are only seven small ships left in the Navy
(b) there is nothing the ships can do
(c) there are too many officers ahead of him
(d) there is not enough fuel to operate ships

2. What is Peter hoping for?
(a) information about survival
(b) release from the Navy
(c) a desk job in Melbourne
(d) assignment to a ship

3. What does Moira say about the way people are going on with their lives?
(a) that's the way Australians are
(b) no one believes the end will come
(c) keeping busy helps everyone prepare
(d) she's not brave enough to do that

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

5. Why was the war limited to the Northern hemisphere?
(a) the southern hemisphere was not a threat to the north
(b) it happened too fast to move south
(c) nothing south of the equator was considered important
(d) that was planned for much later

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moira tell Dwight her occupation is?

2. Why does Osbourne say that perhaps people did not deserve the world?

3. What are the people of Melbourne doing to cope with the reality of pending death?

4. What does Moira do in Melbourne?

5. When is the radiation expected to reach Australia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does John Osbourne estimate was the size of the nuclear war that was fought?

2. How does the story begin?

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

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

5. Describe what the USS Scorpion crew sees everywhere they go.

6. Explain where is it deemed possible that life might actually be able to continue on Earth?

7. Why have methods of transportation changed in Australia?

8. In what way does Dwight hold out some hope for the situation?

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

10. Explain Moira's answer that she will face the facts of life next September.

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