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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What social gathering have Peter and Mary just hosted as the story opens?
(a) a sock hop
(b) a formal dinner
(c) a family reunion
(d) a barbecue

2. What does Moira call the submarine trips into the Northern hemisphere?
(a) looking for ships that never come in
(b) looking for busy work
(c) looking for needles in a haystack
(d) looking at dead people through a periscope

3. What does Moira tell Dwight her occupation is?
(a) drinking alcohol
(b) stenography
(c) farmer
(d) waitress

4. What have Peter and Mary learned to do because of the shortages?
(a) make their own butter
(b) knit socks
(c) raise chickens for eggs
(d) weave cloth

5. What assignment does Peter receive?
(a) communications officer on the USS Swordfish
(b) liaison officer on the USS Scorpion
(c) paymaster for the Royal Australian Navy
(d) commander of the H.M.A.S Melbourne

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Lt. Commander Peter Holmes of the Royal Australian Navy, his wife Mary, and baby daughter Jennifer live?

2. Where was Peter stationed when the war started?

3. What happens that night at Peter's and Mary's house?

4. Where does Peter have an appointment?

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

(see the answer key)

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