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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ernie feel about Pick's parties?
(a) She hates them.
(b) She loves them.
(c) She is indifferent about them.
(d) She doesn't care for them.

2. Why has Pick volunteered for flight training?
(a) He plans to go into politics.
(b) His father wants him to do it.
(c) To impress the girls.
(d) To avoid the war for the next six months.

3. Who does Banning go to tell he is fine?
(a) Colonel Harris.
(b) Captain Stecker.
(c) Major Reaves.
(d) Captain MacGregor.

4. Where did Banning leave his wife?
(a) In Montana.
(b) In the Philippines.
(c) In Shanghai.
(d) In Hawaii.

5. How did Pick respond to the air maneuvers the flight instructors does?
(a) He throws up.
(b) He gets frightened.
(c) He grins.
(d) He doesn't notice it.

6. Where was Zimmerman stationed with McCoy?
(a) Philippines.
(b) France.
(c) Korea.
(d) China.

7. What did McCoy do the day after he met Ernie?
(a) Get shipped out to Japan.
(b) Talk to her father.
(c) Get shipped out to Germany.
(d) Ask her to marry him.

8. How does McCoy feel about taking the assignment from Wesley?
(a) Not happy about it.
(b) Excited.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Depressed.

9. What type of boat is the Pickerel?
(a) Battleship.
(b) Aircraft carrier.
(c) Transport ship.
(d) Submarine.

10. Where does Pick go for breakfast?
(a) The motel coffee shop.
(b) Denny's.
(c) The Waffle House.
(d) The International Pancake House.

11. Who is Martha with when Pick and Stecker see her?
(a) Major Jones.
(b) Captain Carstairs.
(c) Lieutenant Capson.
(d) Captain Wentworth.

12. What soldiers is the Pickerel carrying who are not part of the crew?
(a) Seventeen rescued prisoners of war.
(b) Five navy Admirals.
(c) Ten blind Marines.
(d) Two intelligence officers.

13. What has just occurred in the life of the woman Pick meets at breakfast?
(a) Her mother just remarried.
(b) Her father was killed in Germany.
(c) She just became engaged.
(d) Her husband was killed at Pearl Harbor.

14. What does Martha do after teasing Pick?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Cry.
(c) Leave.
(d) Apologize.

15. Where do Pick and his friend decide to stay during flight school?
(a) In a rented beach cottage.
(b) In one of Pick's family's motels.
(c) With Pick's cousin.
(d) At Pick's penthouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pick meet at breakfast?

2. What rank has Malcolm Pickering acquired?

3. Into what kind of business does Pick want to go?

4. Why is Captain Banning depressed when he is on the Pickerel?

5. What does the flight instructor think about what Pick is eating?

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