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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. In Australia, what do they figure will go a little before Sydney?
(a) Tasmania
(b) Cape Town
(c) Perth
(d) Melbourne

2. Why does Osbourne say that perhaps people did not deserve the world?
(a) we have been too silly
(b) the animals have more sense
(c) the world has too much to offer
(d) we deserve something better

3. Where do Lt. Commander Peter Holmes of the Royal Australian Navy, his wife Mary, and baby daughter Jennifer live?
(a) in a flat over a pharmacy
(b) in a bungalow not far from Falmouth, Australia
(c) on the Navy Base at Flamouth
(d) in a hotel in Melbourne

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

5. What does Moira offer to do for Dwight?
(a) to mend his laundry
(b) to polish his shoes
(c) to massage his back
(d) to cook fried checken

Short Answer Questions

1. What weapons were used in the Russian-Chinese war?

2. Why does Moira think going to school is ridiculous?

3. What is John Osbourne's estimate of how long they have to live?

4. What does Moira tell Dwight her occupation is?

5. What does Peter instruct Mary how to do if he is not back when the radiation hits?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Moira's attitude toward life.

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

3. Why did governments resort to using nuclear weapons?

4. Why have methods of transportation changed in Australia?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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