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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only sign of life at Queensland?
(a) a rabbit
(b) a camel
(c) a kangaroo
(d) a dog

2. What does Moira's father ask Dwight?
(a) if he plans to sink his ship
(b) if he will stay to the end on the farm
(c) if he will leave before the radiation arrives
(d) if he plans to move his ship further south

3. What does Mary do to protect the baby from the measles?
(a) puts up a mosquito net
(b) forbids Peter to come home
(c) feeds the baby quinine
(d) takes the baby to the Davidsons

4. Who knows about the destination for the upcoming trip of the USS Scorpion according to Dwight?
(a) only John Osbourne who carries sealed orders
(b) only Peter and him who have told Mary and Moira
(c) everyone except him
(d) only Peter, John, and him

5. What does Dwight say he plans on doing once he returns to Mystic, Connecticut?
(a) retiring from the Navy
(b) writing a book
(c) getting a sailboat
(d) opening a shop

Short Answer Questions

1. What is John's uncle doing that he had given up for health reasons?

2. Although radiation has reached Townsville, northern Australia, what is the situation?

3. What has happened at the outset of the novel?

4. How long does the USS Swordfish report being submerged that might be a record?

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

(see the answer key)

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