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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Peter and Mary doing while Dwight and Moira attend church?
(a) planning a garden
(b) digging a cellar
(c) sailing a boat
(d) going for a swim

2. After the trail cruise, who comes to inspect the USS Scorpion?
(a) the Mayor of Melbourne
(b) former general, Sir Douglas Froude
(c) the Prime Minister
(d) Vice Admiral, Sir David Hartman

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

4. What has happened at the outset of the novel?
(a) the people of Melbourne, Australia, hold car races
(b) nuclear destruction of the Northern hemisphere
(c) the USS Scorpion is lost at sea
(d) news media reports a pending nuclear war

5. What does the Prime Minister say they want from Dwight and his crew?
(a) to set some new endurance records
(b) to have a detailed report ready
(c) to find some life in the north
(d) to return in good health

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Moira think going to school is ridiculous?

2. Why does Peter not take the car to Melbourne?

3. How long as it been since Peter had an assignment?

4. Who do Peter and Mary invite to their house to keep Dwight entertained?

5. What have Peter and Mary learned to do because of the shortages?

(see the answer key)

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