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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Moira's father say he wants to go when the time comes?
(a) on the veranda with a drink or in his own bed
(b) taking a suicide pill
(c) shoot himself in the head
(d) out in the meadow with his wife

2. Who do Peter and John meet at the Pastoral Club in Melbourne?
(a) the Prime Minister
(b) Moira and Dwight
(c) the Vice Admiral of the Australian Navy
(d) Sir Douglas Froude, John's great uncle, a retired Lieutenant General

3. With whom do Peter and Dwight meet in Melbourne?
(a) the Prime Minister
(b) the crew of the USS Scorpion
(c) a committee of nervous residents
(d) the Supreme Allied Commander

4. How long did the nuclear war last in the Northern hemisphere?
(a) one week
(b) thirty-seven days
(c) one year
(d) six months

5. Why does the USS Swordfish not come to Australia?
(a) it has a leak in the hull and connot submerge
(b) it got contaminated while not submerged
(c) its fuel reactor is broken
(d) it is carrying a deadly disease

Short Answer Questions

1. What sober reflection to the men on the Scorpion have about Cairns, Moresby or Darwin?

2. What assignment does Peter receive?

3. When Moira and Dwight meet next, what does she tell him?

4. What does Moira decide to do while Dwight is at sea?

5. For how long did the Russians and Chinese figure nuclear bombs would render land uninhabitable?

(see the answer key)

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