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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 will happen when the radiation covers the Southern hemisphere?
(a) global warming will cause floods
(b) everyone on Earth will be dead
(c) it will be safe to head north
(d) rabbits and dogs will die first

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

3. How long did the nuclear war last in the Northern hemisphere?
(a) one year
(b) one week
(c) six months
(d) thirty-seven days

4. What is Peter hoping for?
(a) assignment to a ship
(b) release from the Navy
(c) a desk job in Melbourne
(d) information about survival

5. Why does Peter not take the car to Melbourne?
(a) the car refuses to start
(b) the tires are flat
(c) there is very little gasoline left in the country
(d) the car needs some new parts

Short Answer Questions

1. What had the Swordfish done that everyone was talking about?

2. Where was Peter stationed when the war started?

3. What does Dwight announce for their next voyage?

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

5. Why does Dwight think forty percent of his crew will not return to the Scorpion?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the consensus about which countries actually started the war?

3. How had Dwight been warned of the possibility of the war?

4. How does the USS Swordfish illustrate the movement of the radiation?

5. What does it mean that the people had all died tidily?

6. In what way does Dwight hold out some hope for the situation?

7. Explain Moira's answer that she will face the facts of life next September.

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

9. What is Dwight's experience in church the weekend he spends with Peter and Mary?

10. Describe Moira's attitude toward life.

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