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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Japanese General that might attack Guadacanal and take Henderson Field?
(a) Oblensky.
(b) Pickering.
(c) Hyakutake.
(d) Banning.

2. What kind of pilot is Dunn?
(a) VMF-245.
(b) VMF-219.
(c) VMF-234.
(d) VMF-229.

3. As a result of bombing what area is Galloway's plane hit?
(a) Meadowland Park.
(b) Henderson Field.
(c) Tucson Airport.
(d) Banning Field.

4. What is the report that Pickering wants to be completed about that the Major General needs to deliver to Pearl Harbor?
(a) Western capabilities.
(b) African capabilities.
(c) Japanese capabilities.
(d) Eastern capabilities.

5. Who is the Technical Sergeant with Jake talking to Major General Vandegrift at Headquarters?
(a) Banning.
(b) Dillon.
(c) Oblensky.
(d) Henderson.

6. Why had Wagam come to Espiritu Santu?
(a) To assess the situation in France.
(b) To assess the situation in Tugalu.
(c) To assess the situation in Pearl Harbor.
(d) To assess the situation in Guadalcanal.

7. Who is the Major that awakens on Guadalcanal and goes to meet Vandergrift?
(a) Dunn.
(b) Pick.
(c) McCoy.
(d) Stecker.

8. Who does Banning warn Pickering to be cautious about as betraying his secrets?
(a) His father.
(b) His lover.
(c) His friends.
(d) His security.

9. Who does Pickering thank for the pictures at his house?
(a) Hoover.
(b) McCoy.
(c) Easterbrook.
(d) Dillon.

10. Who is Pickering's aide that has slept with several men?
(a) Haley.
(b) Susie.
(c) Mary.
(d) Ellen.

11. In order to halt the Japanese, what areas did the Americans decide to invade in the Pacific?
(a) New Guinea, Solomon, and Pacific Islands.
(b) Guadalcanal, Tulagi and Gavutu.
(c) Tulagi, Guvatu, and McCoy.
(d) Guadalcanal, Solomon, and Pacific Islands.

12. What is First Lieutenant Hon Song Do's nickname?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Pluoto.
(c) MacArthur.
(d) Simeone.

13. Who is part of a photojournalist team on Guadacanal?
(a) Marks.
(b) Dillon.
(c) Easterbrook.
(d) Pickering.

14. What does Easterbrook lack that forces his friends to take him to a military hospital for treatment for his sickness?
(a) Strength.
(b) Service records.
(c) Money.
(d) Insurance.

15. Who volunteered to fly a search mission and requests Pick to accompany him?
(a) Pickering.
(b) Banning.
(c) Galloway.
(d) Hoover.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who describes a report of Japanese ships off the Santa Cruz Islands and an all out attack on Guadalcanal?

2. What is McCoy going to receive as an award in Washington?

3. When one of the planes crashes due to lack of fuel and a pilot dies, who feels responsible?

4. At Espiritu Santu, what is Rear Admiral Daniel Wagam about to take off in?

5. What plane is flown by fighter plane pilots oddly?

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