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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the tone of Part 1, Chapter 1?
(a) Fear.
(b) Excitment.
(c) Terror.
(d) Happiness.

2. What subject did Roth study in college?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Accounting.
(c) Chemistry.
(d) Botany.

3. In Part 2, Chapter 9, what bad news does Gallagher receive?
(a) His wife has died.
(b) His child has died.
(c) His brother has died.
(d) His parents have died.

4. What happens physically to Cummings as things begin to go wrong?
(a) He develops a twitch.
(b) He suffers from vomiting.
(c) He suffers from diarrhea.
(d) He suffers from headaches.

5. Cummings uses his journal to relieve tension and record his private thoughts, what is the underlying tone of Cummings' writing?
(a) Fearful.
(b) Sexual.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Questioning.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Part 1, Chapter 2 opens, the men are getting ready to advance on the island. What solider does Croft feel will be killed upon landing on Anopopei?

2. As the book opens, which solider is not taking the card game seriously and offers to give back some of his winnings?

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

4. Where was Cummings when he had his first homosexual encounter?

5. By Part 2, Chapter 2, why has Croft become frustrated on the island?

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