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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 Stecker recommend to Harris for Howard?
(a) To be commissioned as a first lieutenant.
(b) To be sent to Wake Island.
(c) To be sent as part of Pickering's group.
(d) To be promoted to First Sergeant.

2. What kind of plane do Galloway and Obelnsky put together?
(a) A Beechcraft 440.
(b) A Reconnoiter Bi-Plane.
(c) An F-4 Wildcat.
(d) A Spitfire.

3. What position does Major General Holcomb's father hold?
(a) Director of the National Security Agency.
(b) Head of the F.B.I.
(c) Commandant of the Marine Corps.
(d) Head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

4. On what activity is Neville an expert?
(a) Parachuting.
(b) Building beachheads.
(c) Jungle warfare.
(d) Auditing finance records.

5. Where did Howard remain during the attack on Pearl Harbor?
(a) In a Quonset hut near the water.
(b) In the basement.
(c) In the arms locker.
(d) In his bunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Pickering's headquarters located?

2. Where are Charley Galloway and friends during the attack on Pearl Harbor?

3. Where did Joe Howard fly in February, 1942?

4. Who is flying to Lakehurst with Galloway for the public relations event?

5. Who is in the smaller plane Koffler sees out the door?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jack Dillon in Hollywood?

2. Where does Knox want Pickering to meet him and what happens when Pickering refuses? What does Knox ask Pickering about his statement in Washington?

3. What does Macklin threaten about Koffler and how does Dillon handle it? What happens to the Marine Corps' reputation over the Lakehurst incident?

4. Where has Galloway been sent after flying the plane without permission and what do the Marines plan to do about him?

5. Why is PFC Koffler AWOL? What will he begin at Lakehurst and with whom?

6. What happens when Koffler returns home to see Dianne?

7. Where does Ellen Feller work and in what capacity?

8. Why is Neville going to Lakehurst and what happens when he first arrives? What does he tell the pilot of the plane?

9. Where does Howard report for his physical, what happens immediately and why?

10. Where does Pickering meet with the President and Knox and why are they meeting?

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