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

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

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

4. What is the medical reason for Captain Banning's injury?
(a) There is no medical basis for it.
(b) He is suffereing from the effects of malnutrition.
(c) He was hit in the head.
(d) He has no injury.

5. How does Ernie's mother feel about McCoy?
(a) Loves him.
(b) Is indifferent to him.
(c) Likes him.
(d) Doesn't like him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Colonel Wesley think Carlson might want to do?

3. What did McCoy tell Ernie when he called her in Chapter VI?

4. How does Captain Carstairs feel about Pick's appearance?

5. With what weapon did McCoy kill two Italian Marines?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Ernie meet at the grocery store in Chapter XI and what does she do?

2. What is Mrs. Pickering's response to Ernie's phone call?

3. How did Ernie meet McCoy?

4. Where does Zimmerman and Koznowski run into McCoy and Ernie and what story do they tell?

5. 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?

6. How does Pickering respond to his first flight and why is the instructor surprised by it?

7. Who tells Banning his new assignment and what is it?

8. Who is both Ernie's and Pick's best friend and why is he with Ernie?

9. What does Flight Instructor Minter do with Pick on his first flight and what does he find out after the flight is over?

10. What is Banning and Stecker talking about on Ernie and McCoy's boat and what does Banning tell McCoy about it?

(see the answer keys)

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