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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 11, how do the enlisted men spend their mornings?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Watching the news.
(c) Cleaning.
(d) Talking politics.

2. At Craiglockhart, how did Dr. Rivers get his patients to confide their feelings?
(a) He would make them feel safe.
(b) Medication.
(c) Hypnosis.
(d) Intimidation.

3. Who does Billy write a letter to at the end of Part 3, Chapter 17?
(a) His mother.
(b) His sister.
(c) Dr. Rivers.
(d) Sarah.

4. In Dr. Rivers' dream about Ngea's widow, whose face is she wearing in hut?
(a) Emele's.
(b) Sarah's.
(c) Billy's.
(d) Kathleen's.

5. What sound do the soldiers often hear?
(a) Planes.
(b) Gunfire.
(c) Roosters crowing.
(d) Screaming.

6. What animal does Dr. Rivers see on his visit with Njiru?
(a) Bats.
(b) Doves.
(c) A lion.
(d) A tiger.

7. What is Billy writing in at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) A map.
(b) His journal.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) The bible.

8. Where does Dr. Rivers dream of in Part 3, Chapter 14?
(a) The countryside.
(b) Home.
(c) Eddystone.
(d) France.

9. Where is Njiru when the headhunt is complete?
(a) With Emele.
(b) In the clouds.
(c) In a canoe.
(d) On an island.

10. Who does Wansbeck admit to having conversations with?
(a) The deceased woman he almost married.
(b) Dr. Rivers.
(c) The ghost of the soldier he killed.
(d) His mother.

11. What is Billy's nickname?
(a) The Goat.
(b) The Canary.
(c) Fledgling Soldier.
(d) Captain Hook.

12. Where does Ngea sit, prior to the death ceremony?
(a) In a chair.
(b) On a horse.
(c) On a coach.
(d) In a carriage.

13. What is cooked over the fire at Ngea's death celebration?
(a) Herbs.
(b) Pigs.
(c) A sacrifice.
(d) Ngea's skull.

14. In Part 3, Chapter 17, what does Billy have to march through?
(a) Hungry children and angry farmers.
(b) The mountains.
(c) Snow and ice.
(d) Dead bodies and stagnant water.

15. What surprises Dr. Rivers at the end of Part 3, Chapter 16?
(a) He's assigned to Billy's battalion.
(b) Billy is dead.
(c) Sarah visits him.
(d) A return of the flu.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the past generation, Njiru's island's population has dropped by what percentage?

2. What does Emele need to be successful in order to end her crouching?

3. What song does Billy hear sung in Part 2, Chapter 11?

4. What happens to Ngea's skull?

5. What do the officers order the troops not to believe in?

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