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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sober reflection to the men on the Scorpion have about Cairns, Moresby or Darwin?
(a) the cities will fall into the sea
(b) they will return to collect the dead
(c) only dogs and wild animals will live there
(d) they will be the last humans to ever see them

2. What does Dwight announce for their next voyage?
(a) putting a man ashore in protective clothing
(b) sailing completely around the world
(c) looking for underwater places to build a city
(d) looking for inhabitable places in the Arctic

3. What are Dwight and Peter ordered not to do on the upcoming cruise?
(a) sail above the water
(b) tell the crew what their mission is
(c) stay longer than planned
(d) bring anything or anyone contaminated on board the ship

4. What does Peter do as the sub returns to Melbourne?
(a) resigns his commission
(b) invites Dwight back to his home
(c) calls Moira to let her know Dwight is back
(d) goes to by presents for Mary and Jennifer

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Moira do in Melbourne?

2. What will happen when the radiation covers the Southern hemisphere?

3. Why does Peter not hold out much hope for a naval assignment?

4. What is at the Pastoral Club that Sir Froude wants to help eliminate?

5. What does the USS Scorpion find when it emerges near Queensland?

(see the answer key)

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