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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Pavlo first respond to the army recruits?
(a) He looks for his wallet.
(b) He does not recognize them.
(c) He yells at them
(d) He becomes agitated.

2. What is the subject of the first army song sung?
(a) How they are only strong in numbers.
(b) How fun it is to be in the army.
(c) How unfaithful women are when their men are at war.
(d) How having a gun makes you weaker.

3. Where and when does this story take place?
(a) During Apartheid in the 1930s.
(b) During the maiden voyage of the Titanic in 1912.
(c) During the Vietnam War in the 1960s.
(d) During The Holocaust in 1940.

4. What does Pavlo realize after explaining what happened to Ardell?
(a) The explosion killed Pavlo himself.
(b) He has been wounded.
(c) He had saved his own life.
(d) Ardell is his father.

5. How does Tower conclude his weapon drill in Act 1, Part 3?
(a) Taking the trainees on a hunting trip with no guns.
(b) Taking the trainees on a 5 mile run.
(c) Making the trainees stand outside for 5 hours.
(d) Making the soldiers make their beds five times in a row.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pavlo also explain thinking about while holding the grenade?

2. When Ardell suggests that being dead makes Pavlo furious, how does Pavlo respond?

3. What did the man in the Corporal's story do to the two Vietnamese people?

4. What does Pavlo say is the reason behind lying to his mother about what time his train was leaving?

5. After Parker and Kress leave the furnace room, what does Pierce make Pavlo do?

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