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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Carlson think officers should do if enlisted men are sleeping on the ground?
(a) Give the enlisted men bedrolls.
(b) Sleep on the ground also.
(c) Sleep on cots.
(d) Get cots for the enlisted men.

4. Why has Ernie brought McCoy home?
(a) To meet her parents.
(b) To meet her sister.
(c) To fix a broken door.
(d) To eat a home cooked meal.

5. Why does McCoy take Ernie to see someone in Chapter VII?
(a) So she will know someone he knows.
(b) To convince her he's not good enough for her.
(c) So his family can see her.
(d) He has to stop for his duffle bag.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what capacity does McCoy want Zimmerman to work with him?

2. What type of company does Ernie's father own?

3. What soldiers is the Pickerel carrying who are not part of the crew?

4. Who takes Stecker and Pick for their first flight?

5. What do most other officers want officers to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where and in what way was Captain Banning wounded and what did he do in the military? What is his prognosis?

2. What does McCoy do after he speaks with Carlson?

3. What does Ernie tell McCoy when they meet at the train station?

4. Why is Colonel Wesley concerned about Colonel Carlson and with whom does he discuss his concerns in Chapter I?

5. What does Ernie do when she sees Martha at the restaurant?

6. Where do Pick and Stecker do after their first flight and what happens there?

7. In Chapter XI, what does a navy doctor find out about Banning and the other blind men and what does he do?

8. How does Ernie's mother feel about her's and Pick's best friend?

9. With whom does Pick and Stecker have lunch in Atlanta and what does she do? How did Pick feel about it?

10. What is wrong with Captain Banning when he is on the Pickerel and how does he feel about it? What does he plan to do?

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