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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the man in question #82 ask Pick and Stecker?
(a) To come to work late the next day.
(b) To leave the place.
(c) If they know Martha.
(d) To join him and Martha.

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

5. Who takes Stecker and Pick for their first flight?
(a) Captain Carstairs.
(b) Major Jones.
(c) Captain Wentworth.
(d) Lieutenant Capson.

6. On what type of plane is he returning to the states?
(a) An army transport plane.
(b) An F-8.
(c) A Catalina.
(d) A U-2.

7. What does Banning decide to do if he has to leave the Corps?
(a) Kill himself.
(b) Start a grocery business.
(c) Become a doctor.
(d) Go into law.

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

9. What does Carlson want to call his group?
(a) Specia Ops One.
(b) Rangers.
(c) Commandos.
(d) Raiders.

10. Who does Pick meet at breakfast?
(a) Martha Culhane.
(b) Nancy Scott.
(c) Belinda Vichendorg.
(d) Susan Handly.

11. Why is Captain Banning depressed when he is on the Pickerel?
(a) He may not be able to continue being in the Marines.
(b) His mother died.
(c) His girlfriend left him.
(d) His best friend was killed in combat.

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

13. Where did McCoy leave Banning when he rescued him?
(a) At a Catholic church.
(b) At company headquarters.
(c) At at school.
(d) At a hospital.

14. What is an enlisted man who becomes an officer called in slang?
(a) Hot Dog.
(b) Mustang.
(c) High Stepper.
(d) Brown noser.

15. Who is the commander of the Pickerel?
(a) Captain Lewis Blackburn.
(b) Lieutenant Commander George L. Johnson.
(c) Lieutenant Commander Edgar F. "Red" MacGregor.
(d) Commander Peter "Sub" Redmond.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom is Pickering best friends?

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

3. In Chapter IX, with whom does Captain Stecker meet?

4. What does Carlson want to start?

5. Who does McCoy take Ernie to see in Chapter VII?

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