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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Marines Birthday Ball mean to Bull?
(a) It's not important to Bull at all.
(b) It's a time to remember fallen comrades.
(c) It's a time to get drunk.
(d) It's an excuse to get out of the house.

2. What does Lillian say when Ben asks if she loves Bull?
(a) He will kill her if she leaves him.
(b) She does love him.
(c) He is a good provider.
(d) She has no other choice because she cannot afford to divorce him.

3. What does Lillian suggest Bull do when he meets with Varney?
(a) Treat him like a brother.
(b) Treat him with the distain he deserves.
(c) Treat him the same as he did in boot camp.
(d) Treat him the respect his rank demands.

4. What does Bull call Southerners?
(a) Grits.
(b) Rednecks.
(c) Hicks.
(d) Oatmeal.

5. What do Ben and Mary Anne see Red Pettus doing in the hall at school?
(a) Teasing Matt for being a military brat.
(b) Torturing Karen.
(c) Teasing Toomer for his stutter.
(d) Torturing a young Jewish boy.

6. Why are Ben and his siblings at the airfield?
(a) They are waiting for a distant relative to arrive.
(b) They are waiting for Bull to come home.
(c) They are arriving home after a trip.
(d) They are getting ready to go on a trip.

7. Who does Ansley leave Ben to hang out with?
(a) Mary Anne.
(b) Toomer.
(c) Sammy Wertzburger.
(d) Jim Don Cooper.

8. Where do Ben and Toomer go the Saturday after they meet?
(a) To play pickup basketball.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Golfing.
(d) To play baseball.

9. What does Bull want his sons to become?
(a) Pilots.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Engineers.
(d) Writers.

10. Who wins the basketball game?
(a) Bull.
(b) Neither. It is a tie.
(c) Neither. They decide not to keep score.
(d) Ben.

11. Who addresses Bull's squad before the Cuba mission?
(a) Hobie.
(b) Hedgepath.
(c) Varney.
(d) Lillian.

12. Who does Ben walk the halls with the first few weeks of school?
(a) Karen.
(b) Toomer.
(c) Mary Anne.
(d) Matt.

13. Where did Lillian learn about Bull's flight to Cuba?
(a) An overheard conversation.
(b) The Officer's wives club.
(c) Hobie's Grill.
(d) The Officer's Club.

14. Where does Ben take Ansley?
(a) To lookout point.
(b) To Hobie's Grill.
(c) To the local hangout, the Shack.
(d) To the movies.

15. What first does Bull pour for Ben?
(a) His first glass of wine.
(b) His first mug of beer.
(c) His first cup of coffee.
(d) His first tumbler of whiskey.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ansley dislike the car Ben is driving?

2. Where does Ben spend dinner after the basketball game?

3. What does the principal do to Ben?

4. What does Ben get in trouble for during Catechism class?

5. Where does Bull stop so that everyone can go to the bathroom?

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