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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 8, what are Conn's true feelings about Wakara?
(a) He is a traitor.
(b) He is a good soldier.
(c) He is not much help.
(d) He is very useful.

2. Where do the men gather to keep dry during the storm?
(a) Under trees.
(b) In the mess hall.
(c) In their tents.
(d) Between the trucks.

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

4. How many letters does the dead soldier Hennessey receive?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 30.

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

6. What is the relationship between Cummings and Hearn like?
(a) Tense.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Complicated.

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

8. What natural landmark is on the island?
(a) Lake.
(b) Waterfall.
(c) Volcano.
(d) Mountain range

9. In Part 2, Chapter 9, who delivers the bad news to Gallagher?
(a) Croft.
(b) The mail clerks.
(c) The chaplain.
(d) Conn.

10. There is some question of who let the gun go as the men were pushing it through the Jungle. Who does Croft suspect is responsible?
(a) Goldstein.
(b) Wyman.
(c) Martinez.
(d) Toglio.

11. During Gallagher's flashback, what organization does the reader learn he joined as a teenager?
(a) Christians United.
(b) Jehovah Witness.
(c) The Communist Party.
(d) The Young Republicans.

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

13. What game does Cummings and Hearn play, after Cummings states it is his only passion?
(a) Darts.
(b) Poker.
(c) Chess.
(d) Checkers.

14. 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?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Martinez.
(d) Hennessey.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During Part 2, Chapter 8, what are most of the soldiers doing?

3. What is Wilson's reason for not telling the woman in Kansas about his wife?

4. What events led to Croft joining the Army?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 7, who finds the illicit whiskey?

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