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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Stecker's new assignment?
(a) To see if McCoy is a traitor.
(b) To help Colonel Carlson with the raiders.
(c) To find out what Rickabee knows about Carlson.
(d) To spy on Colonel Wesley.

3. Who took care of Banning after McCoy left him?
(a) A Filipino nurse.
(b) An army medic.
(c) A navy physician.
(d) A Filipino farmer.

4. Why does Ernie call Patricia Pickering?
(a) For help in finding a place to stay.
(b) To find out Pick's mailing address.
(c) To get a reference for a job.
(d) To see how Pick's father is doing.

5. What type of job in the military has Zimmerman never held?
(a) Drill instructor.
(b) Recruit transporter.
(c) Recruiter.
(d) Gunnery.

6. What story is told at the Penn station about McCoy?
(a) Lovejoy McCoy.
(b) Killer McCoy.
(c) Boy Scout McCoy.
(d) Short Pants Mccoy.

7. When was Pick's first airplane ride?
(a) When he joined the military.
(b) It was when he was a child.
(c) He was seventeen.
(d) On his way overseas.

8. What does McCoy talk about with Ernie in Pennsylvania?
(a) His missing brother.
(b) His war experiences.
(c) His childhood.
(d) His assignment about Carlson.

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

10. What did Pick do after he cleaned up in his hotel room?
(a) Walked on the beach.
(b) Go to sleep.
(c) Go to the bar.
(d) Went for a drive.

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

12. Where does Pickering go for his flight training?
(a) Houston.
(b) Birmingham.
(c) Tinker Airforce Base.
(d) Pensacola.

13. What duty has Sergeant Zimmerman been assigned in sub-chapter 3?
(a) Polishing all the brass in headquarters.
(b) Tracking down a recruit who went AWOL.
(c) Moving new recruits.
(d) Escorting Colonel Wesley.

14. What is Pick eating before he goes up for his first flight?
(a) Oyster loaf and tabasco sauce.
(b) Curry lamb.
(c) Spaghetti.
(d) Burritos.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Marines think is the first step to train a soldier?

2. In what capacity did Banning work for the Marines?

3. Where does Pick decide to stop while driving around Pensacola in Chapter VII?

4. What does the man in question #65 ask Stecker?

5. What does Ernie tell McCoy when she meets him in Chapter VII?

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