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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Brown's feelings about women affect Stanley?
(a) He feels they are only good for sex.
(b) He feels more in love with his wife.
(c) He feels his wife may cheat on him.
(d) He feels undeserving of his wife.

2. In Part 1, Chapter 2, what does Croft think about himself?
(a) He is unworthy.
(b) He is a good soldier.
(c) He is omnipotent.
(d) He is a coward.

3. In the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 5, what is Roth dreaming of when Minetta woke him up?
(a) Home.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) His wife.

4. In Part 2, Chapter 5, as Roth thinks about his wife, what can the reader guess about her feelings toward him?
(a) She wishes to have children.
(b) She thinks he worthless.
(c) She loves Roth.
(d) She thinks he is sucessful.

5. What is the name of the island this platoon invaded before reaching Anopopei?
(a) Honshu.
(b) Hokkaido.
(c) Kyushu.
(d) Motome.

6. Leach offers a number of excuses why he can not take a picture of Dalleson. Which of the following is not one of his excuses?
(a) He has little film.
(b) The lighting is off.
(c) The lens angle is not right.
(d) The shutter speed is not fast enough.

7. What is Wilson's reason for not telling the woman in Kansas about his wife?
(a) He does not want to get divorced.
(b) He does not want to commit.
(c) He does not really want to be with her.
(d) She may know his wife.

8. Why is Cummings upset about when reviewing the air operations reports?
(a) Fights with other men.
(b) Not enough air support.
(c) Too complicated of an operation.
(d) Not enough time to prepare.

9. 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.

10. What does Cummings state he will do to anyone who retreats from the Japanese?
(a) Place them on kitchen duty.
(b) Send them to the stockade.
(c) Court-martial them.
(d) Revoke their medals of honor,

11. In Part 2, Chapter 1, the men are now on the island, who is the commanding officer on the island?
(a) Croft.
(b) Red.
(c) Cummings.
(d) Stanley.

12. During Red's flashback the reader learns that Red began work at an early age. What type of work did Red do from age 13 to 18?
(a) Factory work.
(b) Mining.
(c) Grocery.
(d) Construction.

13. How does Minetta think the injured are treated?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) With compassion.
(c) With speical treatment.
(d) Like dogs.

14. In Part 2, Chapter 3, which character is upset that the officers have a higher standard of living than the soldiers?
(a) Cummings.
(b) Dalleson.
(c) Hearn.
(d) Conn.

15. Which character is said to be a loner?
(a) Red.
(b) Brown.
(c) Stanley.
(d) Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 6, who is in charge of setting up the recreation tent?

2. In Part 2, Chapter 12, why does Red decide to go to the hospital?

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

4. What game does Cummings and Hearn play, after Cummings states it is his only passion?

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

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