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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. 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) most of his equipment is portable
(d) he is in a hurry to get started

2. When had Dwight attended a briefing about the threat of war?
(a) just a week before it started
(b) one month before it broke out
(c) the day it started
(d) as early as a year ago

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

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

5. After the war, where was a conference held to assess the situation?
(a) Falmouth, Australia
(b) Wellington, New Zealand
(c) Christ Church, New Zealand
(d) Sydney, Australia

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the southernmost major city in the world?

2. What does Dwight tell Moira he would like to do?

3. Why does Moira think going to school is ridiculous?

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

5. How does Moira's father say he wants to go when the time comes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why have methods of transportation changed in Australia?

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

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

5. What is of special interest about the radio signals coming from around Seattle?

6. How has the boisterous revelry of the townspeople changed over the past year?

7. Why did governments resort to using nuclear weapons?

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

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

10. What is the problem with Moira's ability to understand what has happened in the world?

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