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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. Why does Ansley dislike the car Ben is driving?
(a) Ben is driving Toomer's cart and Ansley believes it is below her station in society.
(b) Ben is driving his bicycle and Ansley thinks it is childish.
(c) Ben is driving his mother's station wagon, which is filled with Ben's brother and sister's toys and things.
(d) Ben is driving Bull's squadron car and it is covered in glow-in-the-dark stickers with the squadron's name on them.

2. What does Sister Loretta Marie insist the children not chew?
(a) The communion wafer.
(b) Fish.
(c) Christmas candy.
(d) Easter eggs.

3. What ceremony does the Meecham attend in Chapter 12?
(a) A promotion in rank ceremony.
(b) The retirement ceremony for one of Bull's friends.
(c) A wedding ceremony for a family friend.
(d) The change of command ceremony.

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

5. What does Ben get in trouble for during Catechism class?
(a) Passing funny notes with Mary Anne.
(b) Using offensive language.
(c) Objecting to Sister Loretta Marie's opinions.
(d) Not reading the Bible.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Bull's real first name?

3. When does Lillian say she will leave Bull?

4. Why does Bull take Matt and Ben to the base?

5. What does Bull want his sons to become?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens on Ben's date with Ansley?

2. What surprise does Bull have for his family when they reach Ravenel?

3. Why does Ben challenge Bull to a basketball game?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does Bull's behavior at Hobie's say about his personality?

(see the answer keys)

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