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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Epstein threaten to do to Wykowski?
(a) Become an immigration officer and ship him back to Polland.
(b) Become his sergeant and get him killed.
(c) Become a priest and excommunicate him.
(d) Get promoted and courtmartial him.

2. What does Epstein tell Eugene to leave out of his writing?
(a) Petty details.
(b) The truth.
(c) Long, convoluted sentences.
(d) Unnecessary, fancy words.

3. Where was Wykowski wounded?
(a) In the left arm.
(b) On his rear end.
(c) In the right leg.
(d) On his head.

4. What does Toomey ask Epstein?
(a) Whether he hates the army.
(b) Whether he hates the other men.
(c) Whether he hates Toomey.
(d) Whether he hates himself.

5. Why does Daisy resist Eugene's advance on her?
(a) Because she's not sure how she feels.
(b) Because she doesn't like him.
(c) Because it's a religious holiday.
(d) Because a nun is watching.

6. What does Carney say about Eugene in reaction to Eugene's writings?
(a) That Eugene is writing fiction.
(b) That Eugene doesn't really know him.
(c) That Eugene is paranoid.
(d) That Eugene is psychotic.

7. What job did Eugene get in the army?
(a) A job disarming bombs.
(b) A job taking arial photographs.
(c) A job writing for Stars and Stripes.
(d) A job decoding enemy transmissions.

8. What happened to Daisy?
(a) She ran off to California to be an actress.
(b) She joined a convent.
(c) She is waiting for Eugene to come home.
(d) She married a doctor.

9. What does Daisy say she can't do with Eugene?
(a) Go to a movie.
(b) Have lunch.
(c) Take a walk.
(d) Go to the park.

10. What causes Eugene to think that Private Lindstrom must have talked?
(a) The phone rings.
(b) An alarm rings.
(c) The officers start gathering across the camp.
(d) There is a PA announcement.

11. How long a jail sentence did Hennessey get?
(a) Six months.
(b) One year.
(c) Three months.
(d) Nine months.

12. At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3, who is reading Eugene's notebook?
(a) Selridge.
(b) Epstein.
(c) Wykowski.
(d) Carney.

13. What does Daisy do after Eugene refuses to dance?
(a) She laughs at him.
(b) She gives up trying to get him to dance.
(c) She begins to walk away.
(d) She starts to cry.

14. Who comes to sit with Eugene?
(a) Selridge.
(b) Wykowski.
(c) Carney.
(d) Hennessey.

15. What fantasy does Toomey have?
(a) Sending his soldiers into hell.
(b) Turning a rookie into a soldier.
(c) Punishing Epstein permanently.
(d) Sending all his soldiers home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eugene tell the other soldiers about Rowena?

2. Where does Act 2, Scene 4 take place?

3. What punishment does Epstein give Toomey?

4. What mood is Eugene in at the beginning of the scene?

5. Why does Eugene say Carney can't be counted on?

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