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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. What does Bull give Ben for his birthday?
(a) A new basketball hoop.
(b) Bull's first fighter pilot jacket.
(c) A new car.
(d) Bull's first set of wings.

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

3. Why does Bull become a regular at the diner?
(a) Bull believes he needs a good relationship with the local lawyer who is also a regular at the diner.
(b) Bull believes he must have a good relationship with the community to be a good leader.
(c) Bull dislikes spending time with his own family.
(d) Bull likes the company.

4. Who does Bull admire that surprises Lillian?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The Russians.
(c) The Africans.
(d) The Jews.

5. Who ambushes Ben after school?
(a) Toomer and his friends.
(b) Bull.
(c) Red Pettus and his brothers.
(d) The young Jewish boy and his friends.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Bull refuse to tell Lillian more about his mission over Cuba?

3. What does Sister Loretta Marie insist the children not chew?

4. Who attempts to console Bull?

5. Where did Lillian learn about Bull's flight to Cuba?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do both the Meecham children's mother and grandmother plead with the children to behave on the road trip to South Carolina?

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

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

6. What does Mary Anne throw at Bull?

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

8. Why does Bull take Ben out to Biddle Island Marine Training Depot?

9. On the first day of school, who goads Ben into fighting with Red Pettus? Why?

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

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