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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. What happens to Hallett in Part 2, Chapter 13?
(a) He is killed.
(b) He goes home.
(c) He is injured.
(d) He gets married.

2. What does Harrington attempt and fail at while at war?
(a) Shooting a soldier.
(b) Helping a friend who is dying.
(c) Defecting.
(d) Bombing a small village.

3. During headhunting, is someone decapitated?
(a) If the moon is full.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) It depends on community need.

4. Billy is afraid his battalion will do what in Part 3, Chapter 17?
(a) Abandon him.
(b) Imprison him.
(c) Promote him.
(d) Shoot him.

5. What worries Dr. Rivers during his dream in Part 2, Chapter 12?
(a) Emele's fate.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Kathleen's health.
(d) Hunger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Ngea's skull?

2. What does blowing the conch shell do for the chief's widow?

3. When Billy needs his gas mask, what happens?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 11, how do the enlisted men spend their afternoons?

5. What does the Marshall-of-the-Ten-Wounds plan to build?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is headhunting?

2. What is Billy's state of mind in Part 2, Chapter 13?

3. Describe what happens in Dr. Rivers dream in Part 2, Chapter 12, when the conch shell is blown.

4. What is unique about Billy's sexual conquest in Part 3, Chapter 17 and what worries him after?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 11, how does Billy describe his living conditions and why does this bother him?

6. What are some negatives that Billy experiences in Part 2, Chapter 13?

7. What is a gas captain and who performs the duty?

8. In Part 3, Chapter 14, what does the spirit of Ngea do in is Dr. Rivers's dream?

9. Describe the cave visited by Dr. Rivers after Ngea's death.

10. What is Billy struggling with emotionally at the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 17?

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