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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 does Eugene ask Epstein?
(a) Why he thinks he can survive in the army.
(b) Why he thinks he's better than everyone.
(c) Why he has a death wish.
(d) Why he has to do everything the hard way.

2. How did Epstein get down?
(a) He wriggled out of his bindings.
(b) He cut himself down.
(c) An officer came in and found him.
(d) The pipes he was tied to broke.

3. What year is the play set in?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1933.

4. Does the prostitute want Eugene to come out?
(a) No, and she says Eugene doesn't have to pay her.
(b) Yes, the prostitute tries to coax him out.
(c) Yes, but the prostitute lets him hide as long as he wants.
(d) No, as long as she gets paid.

5. Does Eugene have sex with the prostitute?
(a) No, and he tells his friends he couldn't do it.
(b) Yes, but it lasts just a moment.
(c) No, and he lies to his friends.
(d) Yes, and he takes longer than any of his friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Eugene feel about the army?

2. Who does Wykowski accuse of stealing from him?

3. What does Donald do constantly?

4. What does Toomey make Carney do as punishment?

5. What does Roy stick in Joseph's face?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare Carney and Selridge's fantasies.

2. How does Eugene react to the men reading his notebook?

3. What does Toomey threaten to do to the men unless the thief gives himself up?

4. Why is Eugene uncomfortable and nervous in Act 2, Scene 1?

5. What does it show about Carney's character that he talks to Eugene about what Eugene wrote?

6. Describe Eugene's relationship with the other boys.

7. Describe Arnold Epstein's eating habits.

8. What does Epstein threaten that he will do to Wykowski on the troopship?

9. What keeps Eugene from defending Arnold Epstein?

10. What does Epstein offer to do for the other soldiers?

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