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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are there more cars on the road now?

2. After the Gallery, where does Dwight go?

3. How long do they estimate Swain will live?

4. Where do the pinpoint the location of the Seattle transmission?

5. How does Lt. Sunderstrom go ashore at Elliott Bay?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Moira changing from thinking planting plants for the next year is a silly waste of time?

2. How does baby Jennifer give Mary a fright?

3. How does being in the submarine compare to racing the Ferrari to John?

4. What is Dwight's condition when he arrives at the Davidson house?

5. Describe the contradictory things Peter brings home for the baby.

6. What does John Osbourne tell Peter when he asks about how much more time they have?

7. How is John Osbourne different in the face of coming death?

8. What is the understanding between Dwight and Moira that is verbalized on their fishing trip?

9. On the long voyage of the Scorpion, what are they able to learn about San Francisco?

10. What condition does Peter put on his continuing service in the Navy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about ON THE BEACH as a valuable resource for arguing against nuclear proliferation. In your essay include who should read the book as required reading. These people should be drawn from government and military sources, religious sources, and concerned individuals.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on suicide as a way of avoiding an otherwise very painful death. Include the moral aspects of suicide in general and explain whether or not you think there may be extenuating circumstances that make suicide acceptable.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about what visitors from another planet find on earth 100 years after ON THE BEACH. In your essay tell what they find and how they speculate what happened to all the people. Use you imagination and be creative.

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