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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What religious holiday is it?
(a) Ascention.
(b) Ash Wednesday.
(c) Easter.
(d) Good Friday.

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

4. What objectives does Eugene have left to achieve in the army?
(a) To fall in love and become a writer.
(b) To become a writer and stay alive.
(c) To get married and stay alive.
(d) To become a writer and get married.

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

6. Why does Eugene say he comes to dances?
(a) To find a girlfriend.
(b) To find someone to talk to.
(c) To find someone to have fun with.
(d) To find someone to marry.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What happened to Epstein?
(a) He went AWOL and was arrested.
(b) He is missing in action.
(c) He was killed by friendly fire.
(d) He was killed by enemy fire.

13. How soon does Daisy have to be back?
(a) Five minutes.
(b) Twenty minutes.
(c) Ten minutes.
(d) Fifteen minutes.

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

15. Where is the U.S.O. dance located?
(a) In the town hall.
(b) In the mess hall.
(c) In a church basement.
(d) In the barracks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rowena react when Eugene visits her again?

2. What excuse does Epstein use for not stopping the reading?

3. What is Eugene doing at the beginning of the scene?

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

5. What does Toomey ask Epstein?

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