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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Cummings blame for him not knowing the severity of the storm?
(a) The officers.
(b) The soldiers.
(c) Himself.
(d) The meteorological corps.

2. In what body of water is the island of Anopopei located?
(a) Sea of Japan.
(b) East China Sea.
(c) Pacific Ocean.
(d) Philippine Sea.

3. Who is Major Dalleson's assistant?
(a) Red.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Wakara.
(d) Leach.

4. What does Cummings feel is the nature of a woman?
(a) To provide a home.
(b) To love.
(c) To cheat.
(d) To bear children.

5. Why does the new soldier to Croft's platoon feel he does not fit in?
(a) He is college educated.
(b) He is Jewish.
(c) He is new.
(d) The others know he is a better soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Red's strategy for dealing with his current situation of being at war?

2. When fresh food arrives, how does Cummings divided it between the 180 soldiers and 38 officers?

3. 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?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 2, who does Mantelli send to Croft's platoon?

5. In the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 5, what is Roth dreaming of when Minetta woke him up?

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