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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moira do in Melbourne?
(a) rents an apartment
(b) tours the USS Scorpion
(c) vows to give up drinking
(d) meets Dwight at a hotel

2. Why does Peter ride his bicycle to Mr. Paul's farm?
(a) to get milk and cream
(b) to ask for a job
(c) to buy lettuce and tomatoes
(d) to sell eggs

3. What are some people putting on top of Mount Kosciusko?
(a) a time capsule
(b) family photographs
(c) a white flag
(d) a monument

4. What kind of car does Peter have?
(a) a Ferrari
(b) a Morris
(c) an MG
(d) a Mini-Cooper

5. In church on Sunday, what does Dwight think about?
(a) his family in the United States
(b) how lonely he is
(c) what his assignment will be
(d) Moira Davidson

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Osbourne say about the world?

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

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

5. What does the Prime Minister say they want from Dwight and his crew?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the war simplified life in Australia to a large extent?

2. Tell what is known about the global nuclear war.

3. How does Shute explain the proliferation of atomic weapons?

4. Why have people grown accustomed to the radiation coming their way and just go about their regular business?

5. How does the relationship between Dwight and Moira develop?

6. What is the reason Sir Froude is drinking wine against his doctor's orders?

7. Describe Moira's attitude toward life.

8. How does the story begin?

9. Explain why Peter, a navy lieutenant-commander, has not worked for the past seven months.

10. Describe briefly what the story is about.

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