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Counterattack | Quiz

W. E. B. Griffin
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Counterattack | Quiz

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1)

Who picks Galloway and the men with him up at the base in Willow Grove? (from pgs. 177-211)

Catherine Colterine.
Bill Ward.
Major Harris.
Aunt Carolina.
2)

What does Stecker think about the taking of Guadalcanal? (from pgs. 475-502)

It will be difficult but the U.S. will prevail.
It won't be as easy as the command thinks.
It will be fairly easy.
He doesn't know enough to have an opinion.
3)

Why does Koffler go through with the parachuting ceremony? (from pgs. 212-246)

To get some leave time.
To impress Dianne.
To prove his courage to his father.
Because he was ordered to do it.
4)

Why is Neville angry about Galloway? (from pgs. 177-211)

That he brought the wrong plane with him.
That he arrived late.
That he wants to parachute also.
That he is the pilot in charge.
5)

What does Dillon tell Galloway and Koffler about Neville's funeral? (from pgs. 212-246)

To not come to the funeral.
Koffler will be parachuting into the grave site.
To avoid the press.
To wear their dress blues.
6)

What is Ellen wearing when she opens the hotel door to Pickering's knock? (from pgs. 273-304)

A business suit.
A translucent dressing gown.
An evening gown.
Blue jeans and sweat shirt.
7)

How many ships are in the amphibious force going to Guadalcanal? (from pgs. 475-502)

120.
97.
75.
82.
8)

What did Jack Stecker do that received a lot of admiration? (from pgs. 475-502)

Parachuted behind a Japanese machine gun line.
Saved MacArthur.
Shot a sniper.
Blew up the Japanese main ammunition dump.
9)

Where does Pickering spend a few days with his wife? (from pgs. 247-272)

Los Angeles.
San Diego.
Mexico.
Hawaii.
10)

On what jump of Koffler's did Neville board the plane? (from pgs. 212-246)

The fifth.
The tenth.
The eighth.
The sixth.
11)

Why has Pickering forbid Banning to go behind enemy lines? (from pgs. 371-407)

Banning's eyesight is bad from when he was blind.
Pickering knows about Anchor Japanese Plan.
Banning is too old.
He knows about Albatross.
12)

How did Pickering and MacArthur travel to Melbourne? (from pgs. 273-304)

By train.
On a battleship.
Army transport ship.
By a commercial air flight.
13)

Why is Dillon uneasy about the parachute event? (from pgs. 212-246)

The weather is bad.
He has met Neville.
He doesn't like Hershberger.
He is slightly psychic.
14)

Where do Koffler and Reeves find Howard? (from pgs. 407-440)

Hanging in a tree.
Near Reeve's jeep.
Behind a sand dune.
Drinking at a stream.
15)

What does Galloway say about Neville's plans for the three planes? (from pgs. 177-211)

It is confusing.
It should be fun.
It is an excellent idea.
His plan is too dangerous.
16)

Where does Ward, Carolina, and Schneider wait for Galloway? (from pgs. 340-371)

The Officer's Club at Quantico.
Virginia Beach.
The Mariott Hotel.
The Willard Hotel.
17)

Where does Koffler find Daphne? (from pgs. 407-440)

In his bed.
Out in the gardens.
On the phone in the kitchen.
In the library.
18)

Where where Howard be assigned if he doesn't join the Raiders or Banning? (from pgs. 305-342)

Ft. Benning.
To Ft. Lewis.
To a company in North Carolina.
To Germany.
19)

Who is in Pickering's house when he arrives there on July 1? (from pgs. 441-474)

Bill Macklin.
Jake Dillon.
Joe Howard.
George Johnson.
20)

How is Macklin's parachute battalion being used in the invasion of Guadalcanal and other islands? (from pgs. 475-502)

To establish a beachhead.
As infantry.
To drop behind enemy lines.
To support naval operations.
21)

What does Pick first ask his father when he goes to his father's suite? (from pgs. 247-272)

If the Marines are going to invade Wake Island.
Where is brother is being sent.
If his mother has recovered from her illness.
What is happening at Eglin.
22)

How does the U.S. military know the Japanese plan to take several Pacific islands and Hawaii? (from pgs. 340-371)

Through intelligence intercept.
Reading Japanese diplomatic messages.
Through the apprehension of a Japanese spy.
Through a defector.
23)

Why didn't Pickering go to the Philippines? (from pgs. 273-304)

A volcano erupted before he was to arrive there.
He was needed in Hawaii.
He would have arrived after MacArthur left.
He had no visa for his passport.
24)

Why are Banning and Koffler flying to Australia ahead of the rest of the group? (from pgs. 340-371)

Koffler will set up communications before the others come.
The others need more immunizations.
Flight priorities.
Koffler volunteered to go first.
25)

Who has an exclusive on the photos from the public relations event? (from pgs. 177-211)

Life magazine.
Stars and Stripes.
Washington Post.
Time magazine.
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