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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession does the reader learn Hearn wanted to enter into after graduation?
(a) Politics.
(b) The family business.
(c) Military.
(d) Research.

2. As the weather turns for the worse and the tents are being blown away, what is the general mood of the men?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Defeated.
(c) Sad.
(d) Merry.

3. What is Cummings motive behind assigning Hearn tasks such as bringing him fresh flowers and taking liquor to the officer's mess tent?
(a) Humiliation.
(b) Possible promotion.
(c) Revenge.
(d) He does not want Hearn fighting.

4. Which character is noticeably more nervous then the others?
(a) Levy.
(b) Gallagher.
(c) Hennessey.
(d) Martinez.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Croft do with the Japanese soldier who did not die from the grenade?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 2, why does Hennessey run out of the foxhole?

3. What is the tone of Part 1, Chapter 1?

4. What have the soliders been doing in the five weeks they have been on the island?

5. What is Cummings reasoning for treating the soldiers unfairly?

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