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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Although Mary begins to understand, what does she continue to do?
(a) digging up the garden to burn
(b) drinking a lot
(c) raging at Peter
(d) things that will be needed next year
2. What is John's most recent prognosis for the radiation cloud?
(a) it looks like it will stop
(b) it appears to be weakening
(c) it has slowed down
(d) it seems to be coming a little faster
3. Who starts the push to get the fishing season moved back in Australia?
(a) Moira
(b) Dwight
(c) Peter
(d) John
4. What does Moira decide to do while Dwight is at sea?
(a) look for the pogo stick he could not find
(b) buy him some new socks
(c) go racing with John Osbourne
(d) go stay with Mary and Jennifer
5. Who is on the motorboat the sub spots?
(a) Sunderstrom is in the boat
(b) a dog is in the boat
(c) Swain is in the bay fishing
(d) a dying old man is in the boat
6. Where are strange radio signals coming from?
(a) Seattle
(b) Montevideo
(c) Honolulu
(d) San Francisco
7. Why is the news on the radio not accurate, according to John?
(a) they have outdated equipment
(b) they are about three days late
(c) they have no way to get the facts
(d) they only broadcast rumors
8. Where does John tell Peter the radiation sickness is now?
(a) in Wellington
(b) in Perth
(c) in Canberra
(d) in Tasmania
9. What gift does he buy for his son?
(a) a pogo stick
(b) a soccer ball
(c) a boomerang
(d) a fishing rod
10. What disturbs Dwight about one painting?
(a) it is bright, cheerful, and unreal
(b) the woman in the painting looks like Sharon, his wife
(c) it looks like New York destroyed by the bombs
(d) it reminds him of his home in Mystic
11. Why does John want the Grand Prix race moved up to August 10th?
(a) August 17th is too cold
(b) August 17th is John's birthday
(c) August 17th is the shortest day of the year
(d) August 17th may be too late
12. Where do the pinpoint the location of the Seattle transmission?
(a) at Half Moon Bay
(b) at Santa Maria
(c) at Seattle airport
(d) at the Columbia River
13. Why are there more cars on the road now?
(a) people are no longer saving fuel
(b) the government is giving away fuel
(c) people are trying to kill themselves in car accidents
(d) a new source of fuel is found
14. What are Peter and Mary doing now?
(a) digging a radiation shelter
(b) laying out flower beds for spring
(c) going to the mountains to ski
(d) planning on having another baby
15. What does the group of dead people in the gazebo look like?
(a) they are having a party
(b) they are unexpectedly surprised
(c) they are trying to hide
(d) they are taking a smoke break
Short Answer Questions
1. What objects does Dwight hold onto to maintain his ties to his family?
2. After dinner, where do Dwight and Moira go?
3. What living thing will outlast people by about a year?
4. Why can Dwight not go trout fishing?
5. Besides the suicide pills and syringe, what does Peter bring home?
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