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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Margaret decide to do in Chapter 18?
(a) Let the natives bathe her.
(b) Take a bath.
(c) Take a shower.
(d) Go for a swim.

2. Why was Walter sent back to the U.S.?
(a) His father wanted him to have an education.
(b) His father wanted him to join the army.
(c) His father wanted to remarry.
(d) His father didn't want him there when the Japanese attacked.

3. What was Walter's concern about the mission?
(a) The medics would have to jump in a small clearing.
(b) The medics would have to jump without him.
(c) That he would need to jump without anyone else.
(d) That they would be attacked upon jumping.

4. How long was the circle one of the guides brought Walter and his men on?
(a) 32 miles.
(b) 42 miles.
(c) 22 miles.
(d) 12 miles.

5. What plane dropped the medics?
(a) B-24.
(b) B-29.
(c) C-46.
(d) C-47.

6. How many men did Walter command in the valley?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

7. What was Babcock's position at the private military school?
(a) Chair of physical education.
(b) Chair of philosophy.
(c) Chair of science.
(d) Chair of mathematics.

8. What did McCollom report to the plane in Chapter 14?
(a) Everyone survived.
(b) No other survivors.
(c) That he was the only survivor.
(d) There were 10 other survivors at the camp site.

9. What rank was Walter's father?
(a) Major.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) Colonel.
(d) General.

10. How long had the survivors been without contact with the outside world?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 2days.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 5 days.

11. What was Walter's father doing in the war?
(a) Collaborating with the Japanese.
(b) Leading an intelligence network.
(c) Leading guerilla fighters.
(d) Hidding amongst its own employee.

12. What was Babcock's rank?
(a) Captain.
(b) Lieutenant Colonel.
(c) Major.
(d) Lieutenant.

13. What was Walter warned about by his superiors in Chapter 15?
(a) That he would be held responsible for any failure.
(b) That he would be fired if he was not successful.
(c) That his men might not be rescued.
(d) That he would be the first to jump.

14. Who went to get the crate dropped from the plane in Chapter 14?
(a) Decker and McCollom.
(b) Margaret and Decker.
(c) McCollom and Margaret.
(d) The natives.

15. Where were Walter and his men supposed to be sent to after going back to Hollandia?
(a) Guadalcanal.
(b) The Philippines.
(c) Japan.
(d) Guam.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after the medics did Walter and his men jump into the valley according to Chapter 17?

2. What did the survivors try to give the natives as a gift?

3. What did the survivors hope planes would bring?

4. What survivor was the press particularly interested in?

5. What did the medics do for the survivors before treating them?

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