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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 2, who does Mantelli send to Croft's platoon?
(a) Roth.
(b) Brown.
(c) Glodstein .
(d) Cummings.

2. Who is the only man to feel sorry about Hennessey's death?
(a) Martinez.
(b) Red.
(c) Croft.
(d) Toglio.

3. As Gallagher thinks about the past, why is he upset about the post office job?
(a) He did not pass the employment test.
(b) He was fired from the job.
(c) He was called to war before he could start work.
(d) A Jewish alderman's nephew got the job.

4. What have the soliders been doing in the five weeks they have been on the island?
(a) Training.
(b) Waiting for the Japanese.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Building a road.

5. During Part 1, Chapter 1, what does Wilson daydream of doing on the island?
(a) Selling fruit.
(b) Manufacturing liquor.
(c) Relaxing.
(d) Fighting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the General's worst fear about the island?

2. In Martinez's flashback in Part 2, Chapter 2, what did he dream of becoming?

3. How does Brown feel about being a sergeant?

4. Croft has a flashback and the reader learns that he joined a different branch of the military before joining the Army. What was the first branch Croft joined?

5. During the first days of the troops being on the island, how have the Japanese resistance reacted?

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