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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Peter stationed when the war started?
(a) at a radar station in Tasmania
(b) on board the H.M.A.S. Anzac
(c) on board the U.S.S. Scorpion
(d) at the Naval Base in Melbourne

3. Why does Peter not hold out much hope for a naval assignment?
(a) there is not enough fuel to operate ships
(b) there are too many officers ahead of him
(c) there are only seven small ships left in the Navy
(d) there is nothing the ships can do

4. Although radiation has reached Townsville, northern Australia, what is the situation?
(a) the cases are all light and survivable
(b) the winds have shifted back to the north
(c) there are still people alive there
(d) medical teams are treating the sick

5. Why are they quarantined on the Scorpion for a few days?
(a) just as a precaution
(b) to check thoroughly for contamination
(c) to lower the outside radiation levels
(d) an outbreak of measles

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the radiation expected to reach Australia?

2. What was the final conclusion about who started the war?

3. What are Peter and Mary doing while Dwight and Moira attend church?

4. What does Dwight tell Moira he would like to do?

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

(see the answer key)

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