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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom has Sammy arranged dates for himself and Ben the day after Christmas?
(a) Two college girls.
(b) Mary Anne and another girl from school.
(c) Two girls from the military base.
(d) Two girls from a private high school.

2. To what does Ben invite Mary Anne to attend with him?
(a) The prom.
(b) A movie.
(c) A basketball game.
(d) A military ball.

3. What person does Ben think of during the tryouts?
(a) His old baseball coach.
(b) His old basketball coach.
(c) His father.
(d) His mother.

4. What does Ben think about while at church Christmas Eve?
(a) Sister Loretta's warnings against masturbation.
(b) About Ansley and how to break her up with Jim Don.
(c) About the gifts he will give Mary Anne in the morning.
(d) What he will get in his presents the following morning.

5. Who does teach the boys?
(a) Lillian.
(b) Sister Loretta.
(c) A local doctor.
(d) A local nurse.

6. How did Bull's friend Causey burn his face?
(a) By refusing to bail out of a burning plane until it was no longer over a populated area.
(b) In a car accident.
(c) In a house fire.
(d) When a plane blew up midflight.

7. What does Causey want Bull to have done to a black ace in his squad?
(a) Causey wants Bull to bring the black ace up on charges.
(b) Causey wants one of Bull's men to teach the black ace a lesson.
(c) Causey wants to transfer his black ace to Bull's squad.
(d) Causey wants Bull to take lessons from his black ace.

8. Who is Junior Palmer?
(a) A local cop.
(b) A local teacher.
(c) A priest.
(d) A friend of Sammy's.

9. How does Sammy prepare for his date?
(a) By spending all afternoon in the shower.
(b) By buying a new suit.
(c) By buying a dozen roses.
(d) By making Ben pretend to be his date.

10. What does Mary Anne let Sammy's date borrow?
(a) A dress.
(b) A shawl.
(c) A book.
(d) Shoes.

11. Who fights Bull?
(a) The entire Meecham family.
(b) The police.
(c) His squadron.
(d) His fellow Marines.

12. Why does Bull call home?
(a) To ask Mary Anne to meet him at the bar.
(b) To make sure the kids did their homework.
(c) To let Lillian know where he is.
(d) To tell Lillian to take out the trash.

13. What does Lillian say as she tucks the kids into bed on Christmas Eve?
(a) That they were all bad and Santa Claus will not be coming.
(b) Not to expect much as they had little money for presents this year.
(c) That the quicker they go to sleep, the quicker morning will arrive.
(d) To go to sleep quickly so Santa Claus might come.

14. How do they defend Ben?
(a) By using the difficult vocabulary Mr. Loring taught them.
(b) By complaining to the school board.
(c) By calling their parents.
(d) By going to the principal.

15. Whom do the Meechams have to wait on Christmas Eve?
(a) Matthew.
(b) Ben.
(c) Mary Anne.
(d) Bull.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who drags Sammy from his car on lover's lane?

2. What game did Sammy tell the girls he plays?

3. How does Toomer plan to protect himself?

4. Who is Rock Troy?

5. Who bails Ben out of jail?

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