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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Lt. Commander Peter Holmes of the Royal Australian Navy, his wife Mary, and baby daughter Jennifer live?
(a) on the Navy Base at Flamouth
(b) in a bungalow not far from Falmouth, Australia
(c) in a hotel in Melbourne
(d) in a flat over a pharmacy

2. Why is there a shortage of fuel?
(a) it all used to come from the Northern hemisphere
(b) only the military has access to reserves
(c) the reserves have all been contaminated
(d) the oil pipelines were all blown up

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

4. How does Dwight react to the country?
(a) it makes him happy to see the trees again
(b) it makes him wish for the city
(c) it makes him wonder if he can do the work
(d) it makes him sad for America

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

6. Why does the USS Swordfish leave Rio for Montevideo?
(a) they need a change of scenery
(b) they think some people are alive in Montevideo
(c) radiation gets too hot in Rio
(d) radiation has not reached Montevideo

7. What is headed for the Southern hemisphere?
(a) planes carrying nuclear bombs
(b) radiation fallout
(c) guided missiles from the North
(d) the entire U.S. naval fleet

8. What does Moira offer to do for Dwight?
(a) to polish his shoes
(b) to massage his back
(c) to cook fried checken
(d) to mend his laundry

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

10. With whom do Peter and Dwight meet in Melbourne?
(a) the Supreme Allied Commander
(b) the crew of the USS Scorpion
(c) a committee of nervous residents
(d) the Prime Minister

11. When is the radiation expected to reach Australia?
(a) next September
(b) next week
(c) next June or July
(d) next year

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

13. 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

14. What had the Swordfish done that everyone was talking about?
(a) It pulled into its home port and found no one alive
(b) sunk a Russian nuclear sub
(c) diffused a nuclear bomb that had not exploded
(d) broken the ice at the South Pole

15. Why does it not take long to bring Osbourne on board the submarine?
(a) he is passed out drunk and carried onto the ship
(b) he will use the ship's equipment
(c) he is in a hurry to get started
(d) most of his equipment is portable

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mary's chief concern at this point?

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

3. What does Moira say about the way people are going on with their lives?

4. How does Dwight want to think about people in the Northern hemisphere?

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

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