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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men survived Goettge's patrol?
(a) 12.
(b) 6.
(c) 2
(d) 5.

2. What are Vandergrift's orders for Pickering?
(a) To send him to safety as quickly as possible.
(b) To arrest him.
(c) To keep him.
(d) To give him a fighting unit to command.

3. What does Hon forbid Moore to talk about?
(a) His extension of work.
(b) His new rank.
(c) His raise.
(d) His time in Japan.

4. What does Knox tell Admiral Nimitz?
(a) To get Pickering arrested.
(b) To get Pickering off Guadalcanal.
(c) To get Moore on Guadalcanal.
(d) To have Moore arrested.

5. Why is Mary Agnes considered a low level character?
(a) Her relationship with Galloway.
(b) Her relationship with Dunn.
(c) Her relationship with Moore.
(d) Her number of lovers.

6. What does Ellen Feller finish at Water Lily Cottage?
(a) Her polo match.
(b) Her horse backriding.
(c) Her tennis match.
(d) Her bath.

7. What could Hon and Pickering face if someone found about Moore?
(a) Dishonnorable discharge.
(b) Court martial and death.
(c) Court martial and prison.
(d) Reasignment to the front.

8. What position is Pickering elevated to?
(a) Intelligence Division Officer.
(b) First Sergeant.
(c) Division Executive officer
(d) Supply Division Officer.

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

10. Who asks after the whereabouts of Pickering?
(a) His mother.
(b) His brother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His sister.

11. What shocks the reader?
(a) Pickering's decision to go to battle.
(b) Pickering's decision to leave.
(c) Pickering's choice of a replacement.
(d) Pickering's decision to fly solo.

12. Who does Pickering send a message to in Chapter 16?
(a) Knox.
(b) Nimitz.
(c) The President.
(d) MacArthur.

13. What does Pickering's message say about his intention towards the Marines on Guadalcanal?
(a) He wants reinforcements for them.
(b) He wants to support them from afar.
(c) He wants to leave the Island.
(d) He will stay with them.

14. How many Wildcats does Galloway hope to have operational in his group?
(a) 17.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

15. Why do the Marines at Guadalcanal feel abandoned?
(a) The US Air Force stop its bombing run.
(b) The US Navy pulls off the island.
(c) They don't have maps of the area.
(d) Their dead officers are not replaced.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Hon and Pickering decide to not tell their superior about Moore's work?

2. Who can Ellen not reach at the end of Chapter 17?

3. Where are the ships for the invasion of the Solomon Island loaded?

4. Why was Dailey's status as a pilot rescinded?

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

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