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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. What decision does Pickering make?
(a) To go battle.
(b) To take a leave of absence.
(c) To go home.
(d) To fly a Wildcat.

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

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

4. Where is Dailey first assigned before going back to the US?
(a) The German front.
(b) The Pacific Front.
(c) The South Atlantic Front.
(d) North Africa.

5. What message do the Naval officers bring on Guadalcanal?
(a) That Pickering must be promoted.
(b) That Pickering must keep a low profile if he decides to stay.
(c) That Pickering must return with them.
(d) That Pickering must be arrested.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Dailey's reputation tarnished?

3. Who gets drunk during the meeting in Chapter 10?

4. What doesn't HQ know about Moore?

5. Where does Dailey meet with MacArthur?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Captain Galloway's goal in Chapter 12?

2. What does Barbara tell Moore in Chapter 11?

3. Why is David Schneider not liked in Chapter 13?

4. What decision does Pickering make that might shock the reader?

5. Why is Dailey surprised in Chapter 14?

6. What do the Coastwatchers report from Buka Island?

7. What does Ellen think of Pickering and John Moore?

8. What workaround are Pickering, Hon, and Banning guilty of and what could it mean for them?

9. What does Admiral Wagam realize about his nephew?

10. What do the Marines know about the Japanese and why is their anger?

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