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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. How does Bull insist his men treat him?
(a) LIke a respected pilot.
(b) Like a friend.
(c) Like a god.
(d) Like the best fighter pilot in the squad.

2. What does Bull tell the kids in his speech?
(a) That they should not try to make friends.
(b) That they should be patient, it takes time to adjust to a new place.
(c) That they should be stars in their new community.
(d) That they should try to do their best.

3. Why does someone throw a shot put ball at Bull?
(a) To hurt him.
(b) It is an accident.
(c) The children are angry with Bull.
(d) They are playing a war game.

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

5. What game does Bull play with his children?
(a) A basketball game.
(b) A game of catch.
(c) A board game.
(d) A war game.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bull declare is the best pilot in the squad?

2. Which men does Bull single out in his squad?

3. Who is Bull Meecham?

4. What type of nun is Sister Loretta Marie?

5. What game does Ben challenge Bull to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Bull play war games with his children?

3. Why does Bull sign his children up for Catechism classes?

4. What does Bull want his daughter's to be as adults? How does this correspond with Mary Anne's opinion of her own future prospects?

5. In Chapter 8, what does Lillian congratulate Bull for doing? Why?

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

7. Why are the Meecham children less than enthusiastic about their father's return after a year's deployment?

8. Who is Toomer? Why does Ben believe his mother encouraged him to go fishing with Toomer?

9. Bull sits and reflects after the change of command ceremony that gives him command of his own squad. How does Bull feel?

10. How does Bull react when he loses the basketball game against Ben?

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