Tales of the South Pacific Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - pp. 9-12, The South Pacific, pp. 13-25, The Coral Sea

1. During what time period does the narrator spend time in the South Pacific?

2. Where do soldiers and navy personnel spend much of their time in the South Pacific?

3. Admiral Kester is the leader of the attack on the island of ____________.

4. What enrages Admiral Kester at one time?

5. Where is the narrator sent in April of 1942?

6. The station sends out regular radio reports daily on ___________ and the weather.

7. What is a PBY?

8. Fighting the war in the South Pacific is different from fighting the war in Europe and __________.

9. With what kind of liquor does Lt. Grant celebrate...
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