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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the rank of the soldier accompanying Pickering?
(a) Colonel.
(b) Major.
(c) Sergeant Major.
(d) Lieutenant.

2. When does Chapter 10 open?
(a) July 11, 1942.
(b) July 5, 1942.
(c) July 1, 1942.
(d) July 8, 1942.

3. What does Ellen try to do, but fails at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) Get Moore to marry her.
(b) Get Dailey to spy on Moore.
(c) Prevent Moore from living.
(d) Get Moore to pass a letter to Pickering.

4. How are women predominantly portrayed by Griffin in "Battleground"?
(a) As sisters of main characters.
(b) As lovers of main characters.
(c) As trash.
(d) As less than desirable.

5. What does Ellen think of Dailey?
(a) That he is full of his own importance.
(b) That he is a nice man.
(c) That he is a dreamer.
(d) That he is too good to be sent to the front line.

6. Why does Ellen Feller seduce John Moore?
(a) He is well built.
(b) To have someone to protect her.
(c) He is rich.
(d) He has influence.

7. Where is Major Dillon on July 5, 1942?
(a) Wellington.
(b) San Diego.
(c) Pearl Harbor
(d) Perth.

8. Who gets drunk during the meeting in Chapter 10?
(a) Commander Feldt.
(b) Colonel Goettge.
(c) John Moore.
(d) Pluto Hon.

9. Where did Stecker first meet Pickering?
(a) During training in South Carolina.
(b) In 1942.
(c) During WWI.
(d) In 1946.

10. Where does Dailey meet with MacArthur?
(a) Perth.
(b) Guadalcanal.
(c) Sidney.
(d) Brisbane.

11. What school did Schneider go to?
(a) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Annapolis.
(d) M.I.T.

12. What does Schneider think should be admired?
(a) Adherence to his uncle's commands.
(b) Defying his uncle's commands.
(c) Adherence to military protocol.
(d) Defying military protocol.

13. What does Moore do during his first assignment?
(a) Bring documents to MacArthur.
(b) Create clear guidelines for document translation.
(c) He decipher the hidden meaning behind the message.
(d) Translate unknown code.

14. What does the first plane on Guadalcanal transport?
(a) Ammunition.
(b) Reinforcements.
(c) Food.
(d) Letters for General Vandergrift.

15. What doesn't HQ know about Moore?
(a) That he speaks Japanese.
(b) That he is a pacifist.
(c) That he works for Pickering.
(d) That he has access to MAGIC documents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellen think of her decision to sleep with Pickering?

2. Where does Moore show Ellen the message he received?

3. What does Hon realize after Moore's first assignment?

4. What group is the message Moore transported bad news for?

5. What are Vandergrift's orders for Pickering?

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