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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. Who is Ben Meecham?
(a) Bull's grandson.
(b) Bull's cousin.
(c) Bull's nephew.
(d) Bull's son.

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

3. Who is Toomer?
(a) Earline's nephew.
(b) Arrabelle's cousin.
(c) Earline's son.
(d) Arrabelle's son.

4. Where does Bull take Ben after breakfast?
(a) The airport.
(b) Biddle Island Marine Training Depot.
(c) The Marine base.
(d) The basketball courts.

5. How do the children react to Bull's injury?
(a) They do not react at all.
(b) They think he deserves it.
(c) They find it funny.
(d) They are frightened he will become angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ben show Lillian to prove Bull's cruelty against her?

2. Where has Bull been for the past year?

3. Who does Ben leave with?

4. Who is Colonel Hedgepath?

5. Why are Ben and his siblings at the airfield?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mary Anne believe neither she nor Ben will ever be writers?

2. What does Mary Anne throw at Bull?

3. Bull gives a speech to the officers in his new squad. What does Bull tell them?

4. Why does Bull begin having breakfast at Hobie's Grill?

5. What does Lillian tell Ben that brings him to tears?

6. Who is Arrabelle Smalls and why has she come to the Meecham home?

7. Who comes to Ben's aid after school when Red and his brothers attack him?

8. What does Lillian claim is Bull's way of apologizing to Ben?

9. What is the significance of the Marine Corps Hymn to Bull? To the Meecham children?

10. Why does a Naval officer threaten to file a conduct report against Bull?

(see the answer keys)

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