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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. How are cadets trained to turn their faultlessly sharp corners?
(a) With wooden pegs.
(b) With weights hung from strings.
(c) With lines in the grass.
(d) With a short wooden fence.

2. Who does Foot Soldier say that Alex and John should see while they are at West Point?
(a) General Borislow.
(b) General Hutchinson.
(c) Director Burns.
(d) Colonel Handler.

3. Alex finds a fax from Foot Soldier of a news story in the _____.
(a) Boston Globe.
(b) New York Times.
(c) Miami Herald.
(d) Raleigh Examiner.

4. What position does Harris play in the softball game?
(a) Catcher.
(b) Outfield.
(c) First base.
(d) Pitcher.

5. The Corps of Cadets eat lunch in _____.
(a) Jackson Hall.
(b) Washington Hall.
(c) Lincoln Commons.
(d) Jefferson Commons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does John use to smash the padlock on Starkey's closet?

2. Who is shot first in the Georgia cabin?

3. What is the name of the translator who helps Alex with the Vietnamese record on the war?

4. What is the name of Nana's dead husband?

5. What type of cups do the people drink from at the company picnic?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do John and Alex talk about as they watch the cabin in the Georgia mountains where the Three Blind Mice are staying?

2. Why does Alex think he and John are in a trap when they try to attack the Three Blind Mice?

3. What does John say when Alex says he is afraid the Three Blind Mice are going to kill them in the Georgia woods?

4. What does Billie find one night when she goes out to search for her husband when he failed to return from a fishing trip?

5. How does John display his combat experience in the Georgia woods?

6. What does Tran Van Luu say when Alex brings up his impending execution? How does Alex respond?

7. What happens when Billie and John go for a swim together in the ocean?

8. What is the one mistake Nana says she made in her life?

9. Why did the press in Vietnam fail to capture the real stories there, in the author's view?

10. Why is Damon's friend Ramon sick and what does Damon do to help him?

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