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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 he look for as a gift for his daughter?
(a) a doll house
(b) a set of puzzles
(c) a pogo stick
(d) an Australian doll

2. What does the group of dead people in the gazebo look like?
(a) they are trying to hide
(b) they are unexpectedly surprised
(c) they are having a party
(d) they are taking a smoke break

3. Why are there more cars on the road now?
(a) a new source of fuel is found
(b) people are no longer saving fuel
(c) people are trying to kill themselves in car accidents
(d) the government is giving away fuel

4. What does a radiation reading of thirty in the red mean?
(a) safe to be in for a week
(b) not high enough to be immediately lethal
(c) lethal within one or two hours exposure
(d) lethal immediately upon exposure

5. How does he convince Mary that taking Jennifer's life might be the best thing to do?
(a) he tells her that the baby would suffer more than they
(b) he asks her to imagine the baby without her parents
(c) he tells her that they will all be together after death
(d) he tells her that angry people might try to shoot the baby

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Swain do without being seen?

2. Where does John tell Peter the radiation sickness is now?

3. Why can Dwight not go trout fishing?

4. What objects does Dwight hold onto to maintain his ties to his family?

5. Where are the most southerly cases now, according to John's update?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does John say the sickness goes near the end?

2. Explain Dwight's change of status on the return trip from the north.

3. How does baby Jennifer give Mary a fright?

4. What is Mary's initial reaction to the suicide pills and syringe?

5. What has Moira managed to locate that makes Dwight happy enough to drift off to sleep?

6. Describe the contradictory things Peter brings home for the baby.

7. Why is Dwight upset over a painting at the National Gallery?

8. Describe the symbolism of Dwight's thinking about his family while on board the Scorpion.

9. What condition does Peter put on his continuing service in the Navy?

10. How does being in the submarine compare to racing the Ferrari to John?

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