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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Pickering known for socially?
(a) Being very shy.
(b) Being a playboy.
(c) Being a well-liked individual.
(d) Being socially inept.

3. How does Colonel Carlson use the name Killer McCoy?
(a) To tease McCoy.
(b) To motivate McCoy.
(c) As motivation for his group.
(d) To shame McCoy.

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

5. After having his wounds checked out where does McCoy go?
(a) To the Pentagon.
(b) To the Marine intelligence office.
(c) To Naval Headquarters.
(d) To Captain Session's house.

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

7. What does Carlson want to start?
(a) Two paratrooper companies.
(b) A new battalion.
(c) A group of elite Marines.
(d) A black ops group.

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

9. What does Martha's teasing make Pick do?
(a) Leave.
(b) Not speak to her.
(c) Dislike her.
(d) Reconsider staying.

10. With whom is Carlson close friends which helps his clout?
(a) The head of the National Security Agency.
(b) The President's son, James Roosevelt.
(c) The Naval Head of the Joint Chief of Staff.
(d) The President.

11. With what weapon did McCoy kill two Italian Marines?
(a) A bayonet.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A sword.
(d) A knife.

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

13. What does Mrs. Pickering want to do after Ernie calls her?
(a) Call her son.
(b) Call Ernie's mother.
(c) Meet Ernie downtown.
(d) Go to the store.

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

15. What do Wesley and his group ask of McCoy about the meeting at the farmhouse?
(a) He talk to Admiral Stockton.
(b) He not divulge that the meeting took place.
(c) He assassinate Carlson.
(d) He get into Rickabee's confidences.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does McCoy talk about with Ernie in Pennsylvania?

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

3. What does McCoy ask Zimmerman to do in Chapter II?

4. What type of job in the military has Zimmerman never held?

5. With what does Mr. Pickering help Ernie?

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