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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 does Dwight tell Moira about a submarine scouting trip up the east coast of America?
(a) the submarine hit a mine and was destroyed
(b) there is nothing left alive
(c) the radiation levels are coming down
(d) the ship never returned

2. What had the Swordfish done that everyone was talking about?
(a) diffused a nuclear bomb that had not exploded
(b) broken the ice at the South Pole
(c) sunk a Russian nuclear sub
(d) It pulled into its home port and found no one alive

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

4. Why does it not take long to bring Osbourne on board the submarine?
(a) he is passed out drunk and carried onto the ship
(b) he will use the ship's equipment
(c) he is in a hurry to get started
(d) most of his equipment is portable

5. Why does Mr. Davidson think people are not migrating south ahead of the radiation?
(a) they have no idea where to go
(b) they do not really believe it is going to happen to them
(c) not enough publicity had time to get to everyone
(d) they think the radiation will weaken quickly

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Dwight and Peter ordered not to do on the upcoming cruise?

2. What has Peter rigged up to carry the baby or groceries?

3. In church on Sunday, what does Dwight think about?

4. What was the final conclusion about who started the war?

5. What does Osbourne say about the world?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does it mean that the people had all died tidily?

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

3. What is the reason Sir Froude is drinking wine against his doctor's orders?

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

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

6. Why have people grown accustomed to the radiation coming their way and just go about their regular business?

7. What is notable about Mary's plans for her garden?

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

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

10. How does the USS Swordfish illustrate the movement of the radiation?

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