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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eugene do to a page of his journal?
(a) Rips it up.
(b) Burns it.
(c) Makes a paper airplane.
(d) Puts it under his pillow.

2. Who does Toomey say Epstein must report to his army superiors?
(a) Selridge.
(b) Eugene.
(c) Wykowski.
(d) Toomey.

3. What are Wykowski and Selridge arguing about at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 9?
(a) Dirty undershirts.
(b) Dirty blankets.
(c) Dirty socks.
(d) Dirty underwear.

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

5. How long does Daisy have to talk to a boy at the dance?
(a) Half an hour.
(b) Twenty minutes.
(c) Three minutes.
(d) Ten minutes.

6. What does Eugene say happened to his locker key?
(a) He lost it in the shower drain.
(b) He dropped it in the mess tent.
(c) He dropped it on a march.
(d) He left it in the hotel room.

7. What mood is Eugene in at the beginning of the scene?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Elated.
(c) Angry.
(d) Uncaring.

8. Why is Eugene upset?
(a) He is getting transferred to a midwestern base soon.
(b) He is graduating basic training soon.
(c) He is likely shipping out soon.
(d) He is getting out of the army soon.

9. Does Carney understand Eugene's point of view after Eugene explains what he wrote?
(a) No, he hates Eugene for what he wrote.
(b) Yes, and he doesn't mind what Eugene wrote at all.
(c) Yes, but he is still hurt.
(d) No, but he doesn't care anymore about what Eugene wrote.

10. What is Selridge's new job at the end of the play?
(a) A general's driver.
(b) A sergeant training recruits.
(c) An army cook.
(d) A sergeant in charge of the motor pool.

11. Who holds Eugene when he tries to get the notebook back?
(a) Epstein.
(b) Carney.
(c) Wykowski.
(d) Selridge.

12. What is the status of Toomey's army career?
(a) It's over.
(b) It's heading upward.
(c) It's shaky.
(d) It's on hold.

13. What type of school does Daisy go to?
(a) An all-girls Catholic school.
(b) A state university.
(c) An all-girls public school.
(d) An expensive private finishing school.

14. What lesson does Eugene say he's learned?
(a) People believe what they want to believe.
(b) What people believe becomes true.
(c) People believe what they read.
(d) People believe the worst of each other.

15. What did Eugene write about Selridge?
(a) That he calls for his mother in his sleep.
(b) That he murmurs and cries in his sleep.
(c) That he has dreams about getting killed.
(d) That he yells at his father in his sleep.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is one of the interests Eugene and Daisy talk about?

3. How do the boys feel about Toomey after four weeks with their new sergeant?

4. What is Daisy's response to Eugene's declaration?

5. What evidence does Wykowski cite to accuse Epstein of being the escaped soldier?

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