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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. The Touhy manhunt takes on the wartime symbolism of a hunt for who?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Nazis.
(c) Communists.
(d) Russians.

2. Who believes human nature is incapable of good?
(a) An Irish Jansenist.
(b) A Scottish Methodist.
(c) An English Transcendentalist.
(d) A French Boiserrie.

3. Of what is Joe junior a sign?
(a) There is a God.
(b) God's approval for the neighbors to see.
(c) God's disapproval.
(d) Of shame.

4. Why does James feel as if he knows the Pope?
(a) He has met him several times.
(b) He sees him on television.
(c) He hears about him every day at school.
(d) He sees the Pope's picture everywhere.

5. What does James learn about religious faith?
(a) It is healing.
(b) It helps one understand life.
(c) It involves suffering and unhappiness.
(d) It brings families together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eisenhower is the first president who wears what kind of hat?

2. James and Joe junior accompany their father to what base in Puerto Rico?

3. World War II is ongoing, and where is Joe assigned?

4. What is one reason why James receives the ROTC award?

5. Who does James feel shame to admit is his childhood neighbor on Generals' Row?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Elvis' significance in this story?

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

4. How does the celebration begin?

5. What does the B-52 Bomber symbolize to James?

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

7. What are some of the discussions about use of nuclear weapons in preemptive strikes on China and the Soviet Union that James remembers?

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

9. Upon what does James reflect at the end of the chapter, regarding B-52s and nuclear war?

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

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