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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Shaw's mother position herself and her husband, when Shaw is presented the Medal of Honor?
(a) Prominently in the photos.
(b) In the front row.
(c) In front of Shaw and the President.
(d) Behind Shaw and the President.

2. What happens when Marco sits by a beautiful woman on a train?
(a) He gets up and switches seats.
(b) He stares at her.
(c) He begins to yell at her.
(d) He begins to weep uncontrollably.

3. How does the chapter begin?
(a) With a list of men who have received the Medal of Honor.
(b) With an exploration of the history of the Medal of Honor.
(c) With the reasons why Shaw does not deserve the Medal of Honor.
(d) With a description of the Medal of Honor.

4. Where does Raymond work?
(a) At the Messenger.
(b) At the Chicago Tribune.
(c) At the New York Times.
(d) At the Daily Press.

5. Shaw does not recognize this person, but after introductions recalls what about this person?
(a) He was his patrol's interpreter.
(b) She was his first girlfriend.
(c) She was Marco's girlfriend.
(d) He was his best friend.

6. What does the man do who forced Marco to sign the paper?
(a) He pays well for his services.
(b) He quits his job.
(c) He commits suicide.
(d) He takes Marco home.

7. Who greets Shaw at the airport?
(a) The President of the United States.
(b) An army of photographers and his opportunistic mother.
(c) No one.
(d) His mother.

8. Why has a local reporter come by to interview Shaw?
(a) Shaw has become an anti-war protestor.
(b) Shaw's heroism has granted him celebrity.
(c) The reporter is an old friend of Shaw's.
(d) Shaw was injured in the war.

9. Senator John Iselin sneaks into a regularly scheduled press conference given by the Secretary of Defense, and very loudly proclaims what?
(a) He has a list of two hundred and seven Communists working in the Defense Department.
(b) He hates the Secretary of Defense.
(c) He is a Communist.
(d) He wants to be the Secretary of Defense.

10. One day, who arrives at Shaw's office at the newspaper and asks him for a job?
(a) Chunjin.
(b) Rosie.
(c) Jocie.
(d) Marco.

11. What does Raymond's mother like about Iselin?
(a) He loves her.
(b) He is wealthier than her first husband.
(c) He is more handsome than her first husband.
(d) He has no scruples.

12. When does Eleanor Shaw divorce Raymond's father?
(a) When she caught him with another woman.
(b) When she is six months pregnant with her second child.
(c) When she is six months pregnant with Raymond.
(d) Two years after she married him.

13. What does Marco do upon returning from Korea?
(a) He moves in with his girlfriend.
(b) He takes up residence in Raymond's apartment.
(c) He finds his own apartment.
(d) He moves back home.

14. Why can Rosie and Marco now be together?
(a) She is now in love with him.
(b) She is moving to New York.
(c) She has broken up with her fiance.
(d)

15. What does he state will happen if the major continues in his attempt at the court-martial?
(a) He will be murdered.
(b) He will be imprisoned.
(c) He will be exiled.
(d) He will be held incommunicado and denied all rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marco change Shaw's whole world?

2. What has the FBI come to do?

3. What does O'Neil insist on throwing?

4. What compels Marco to give up women?

5. What type of conditioning does Dr. Yen Lo and his crew of neuropsychiatrists use to create the perfect assassin?

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