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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the USS Swordfish leave Rio for Montevideo?
(a) radiation has not reached Montevideo
(b) they need a change of scenery
(c) they think some people are alive in Montevideo
(d) radiation gets too hot in Rio

3. Why was the war limited to the Northern hemisphere?
(a) the southern hemisphere was not a threat to the north
(b) that was planned for much later
(c) nothing south of the equator was considered important
(d) it happened too fast to move south

4. Why does Peter not take the car to Melbourne?
(a) the car needs some new parts
(b) the car refuses to start
(c) there is very little gasoline left in the country
(d) the tires are flat

5. Why are they forbidden to go to Townsville?
(a) there is no docking facility there
(b) the army is going there
(c) there is not enough time to waste there
(d) the people are dying and cannot be helped

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Peter get to town and to the local farmer for milk?

2. What assignment does Peter receive?

3. After the war, where was a conference held to assess the situation?

4. What does John Osbourne calculate were dropped during the war?

5. How long did the nuclear war last in the Northern hemisphere?

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