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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. Silence during their ride home does what between James and his father?
(a) Makes them uncomfortable.
(b) Seals the bond.
(c) Leaves unanswered questions.
(d) Causes a rift between to two.

2. What is outlined in this chapter of background history?
(a) Joe Carroll's life up through the birth of Joe Carroll Jr.
(b) Joe Carroll's childhood until his marriage.
(c) Joe Carroll's life up through the birth of James Carroll.
(d) Joe Carroll's childhood.

3. President Kennedy reverses nuclear thinking through speeches, the Test Ban Treaty and what else?
(a) The Nuclear Weaponry Treaty.
(b) The United Nations Treaty.
(c) The Treaty for Human Liberties.
(d) The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

4. World War II is ongoing, and where is Joe assigned?
(a) Secret Service.
(b) U.S. Cavalry.
(c) Private First Class.
(d) Selective Service enforcement.

5. Joe and Mary Carroll have how many brothers and sisters?
(a) Five.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twenty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does James perceive the Carroll family's time in Germany?

2. In what are both James and his father entwined?

3. In November 1965, who sets himself on fire at the Pentagon?

4. Where does the author's mother take him as a two-year-old along with his four-year-old brother, Joe?

5. To where does the Carroll family return from Germany in 1960?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joe Carroll catch Roger Touhy?

2. Why is the General in a somber mood on the drive home with his son?

3. How is the Carroll family's experience in Washington, D.C.?

4. What are the two tracks James sees in his life in Wiesbaden?

5. How does James' antiwar stance affect his father?

6. How does the celebration begin?

7. What is Joe's attitude about human nature?

8. What are Joseph's and Mary's roles in their family?

9. What government position does Joe Carroll have in Europe?

10. How does Roosevelt's inauguration differ from past presidential inaugurations?

(see the answer keys)

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