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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. What does he look for as a gift for his daughter?

2. Where does Dwight want to take the USS Scorpion?

3. After the Gallery, where does Dwight go?

4. How does John keep his fear under control while on the submarine?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Dwight's change of status on the return trip from the north.

2. What does Lt. Sunderstrom do before shutting down the communications center at the Naval Base at Elliott Bay.

3. How does baby Jennifer give Mary a fright?

4. Describe the symbolism of Dwight's thinking about his family while on board the Scorpion.

5. What is it that Moira agrees to do for Mary if Peter does not return in time?

6. What has Moira managed to locate that makes Dwight happy enough to drift off to sleep?

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

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

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

10. How does John say the sickness goes near the end?

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 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.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about pure love. It is clear that Moira is in love with Dwight. Leading up to her introduction to him, she is described as having lived a promiscuous life. What is it in the relationship between her and Dwight that prevents her from attempting to seduce him.

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