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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. How long does the USS Swordfish report being submerged that might be a record?
(a) six months
(b) three weeks
(c) thirty-two days
(d) forty days

2. What does Moira's father ask Dwight?
(a) if he will leave before the radiation arrives
(b) if he plans to sink his ship
(c) if he plans to move his ship further south
(d) if he will stay to the end on the farm

3. What assignment does Peter receive?
(a) commander of the H.M.A.S Melbourne
(b) paymaster for the Royal Australian Navy
(c) liaison officer on the USS Scorpion
(d) communications officer on the USS Swordfish

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

5. What does Moira do in Melbourne?
(a) vows to give up drinking
(b) rents an apartment
(c) meets Dwight at a hotel
(d) tours the USS Scorpion

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the story take place?

2. Why does Peter not take the car to Melbourne?

3. What is at the Pastoral Club that Sir Froude wants to help eliminate?

4. What does the USS Scorpion find when it emerges near Queensland?

5. How does Dwight want to think about people in the Northern hemisphere?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Moira's attitude toward life.

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

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

4. Why have methods of transportation changed in Australia?

5. What is Moira's objection to Dwight's suggestion that she go to school?

6. How has the war simplified life in Australia to a large extent?

7. What is the problem with Moira's ability to understand what has happened in the world?

8. What is of special interest about the radio signals coming from around Seattle?

9. How does the story begin?

10. How is Moira Davidson dealing with the eminent threat of death by radiation?

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