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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are Ben and his siblings at the airfield?
(a) They are arriving home after a trip.
(b) They are getting ready to go on a trip.
(c) They are waiting for a distant relative to arrive.
(d) They are waiting for Bull to come home.

2. Where do Ben and Toomer go the Saturday after they meet?
(a) Golfing.
(b) To play pickup basketball.
(c) To play baseball.
(d) Fishing.

3. Where does Bull stop so that everyone can go to the bathroom?
(a) Beside an abandoned building.
(b) A cafe.
(c) A gas station.
(d) Beside some train tracks.

4. Where has Bull been for the past year?
(a) Deployed on an Army base in Germany.
(b) Deployed on a carrier in the Mediterranean.
(c) Visiting relatives.
(d) Sick in the hospital.

5. With who does Bull get into an altercation?
(a) A superior officer who complains about the noise of Bull's party.
(b) A fellow soldier who insults him.
(c) A Navy officer who complains about the noise of Bull's party.
(d) A civilian who insults him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the grandmother and the mother both beg the children to behave?

2. What game does Bull play with his children?

3. Who is Colonel Hedgepath?

4. What animal do Ben and Toomer see laying eggs?

5. Who is Bull Meecham?

(see the answer key)

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