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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. Emile tells Nellie that he had to leave Marseilles because he _______________.
(a) was a thief.
(b) killed a man.
(c) was a political incendiary.
(d) broke out of prison.

2. PT boats are sometimes characterized as ________________.
(a) canoes.
(b) logs.
(c) torpedos.
(d) suicide boats.

3. Who is the girl Tony Fry is having an affair with?
(a) Lea.
(b) Lucy.
(c) Linea.
(d) Lalani.

4. From whom does Joe get his first letter sent by a girl?
(a) Essie Schultz.
(b) Maddie Willows.
(c) Laura Benton.
(d) Alice Morganstern.

5. Admiral Kester is the leader of the attack on the island of ____________.
(a) Maui.
(b) Kuralei.
(c) Bali Hai.
(d) Hawaii.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the fate of the Remittance Man?

2. What is a Japanese AKA boat?

3. What design does Admiral Kester order removed from a plane?

4. Where is the narrator ordered to go to manage a situation regarding a crucial airstrip?

5. What is widely known about Harbison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the secret operation called "Alligator"?

2. What is a milk run?

3. What is the content of "The South Pacific" story?

4. What types of emotional angst does Nellie experience in this environment which is so different from her native Alabama?

5. Who is Emile De Becque and what is Nellie's relationship to him?

6. What is the condition of the men in the "Coral Sea" story?

7. Who is Joe and what are the circumstances he shares with eight hundred other men in "Dry Rot"?

8. Why does Tony Fry not get along well with Lt. Commander Charlesworth?

9. What happens when Luther Billis promises to set Joe up with some girls?

10. What foreshadowing does the author use in this story?

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