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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Colonel Hedgepath?
(a) Bull's military mechanic.
(b) Bull's new boss.
(c) Bull's assistant squad leader.
(d) Bull's old friend.

2. What does Mary Anne tell Ben to do?
(a) Help the young Jewish boy.
(b) Call Bull.
(c) Get the principal.
(d) Call the police.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the name of the Meecham family dog?
(a) Spot.
(b) Broccoli.
(c) Buddy.
(d) Okra.

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

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

12. What does Ben really want to do when he grows up?
(a) Be a teacher.
(b) Be a writer.
(c) Be a Marine like Bull.
(d) Be a priest.

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

14. Where does Bull stop so that everyone can go to the bathroom?
(a) Beside some train tracks.
(b) A gas station.
(c) Beside an abandoned building.
(d) A cafe.

15. Where have the Meecham children been living for the past year?
(a) With their aunt in Mississippi.
(b) With their grandmother in Atlanta.
(c) With their cousins in New York.
(d) With their mother in Ravenel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies first in the game?

2. What does Bull give Ben for his birthday?

3. What does Bull tell the kids in his speech?

4. Why does the barber give the boys a military buzz cut?

5. Who is Red Pettus?

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