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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Stanley hope to gain by befriending Brown?
(a) Extra time off.
(b) A job.
(c) Advancement.
(d) Support.

4. What is Cummings reasoning for treating the soldiers unfairly?
(a) He treats everyone unfairly.
(b) It is Army law.
(c) They deserve it.
(d) They will fight better.

5. 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) He does not want Hearn fighting.
(d) Revenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 1, some of the men are playing poker. Which card player wins 100 Australian pounds?

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

3. During Gallagher's flashback, what organization does the reader learn he joined as a teenager?

4. How does the commanding officer describe Anopopei?

5. Hearn has a number of undesirable characteristics. What is one of them mentioned in Part 2, Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Polack and Minetta discuss wearing dirty clothes. What are each man's thoughts on this?

2. In Part 2, Chapter 7, the American troops engage some Japanese soldiers. What are Red and Gallagher's reactions to how Croft handles the situation?

3. What is Goldstein's reasoning for the tents not staying up and how does he solve this problem?

4. What do the mail clerks think about the return address on Hennessey's mail?

5. In the opening scene, some of the men are playing cards. How does this card game reveal pieces of the men's personalities?

6. How are Croft and Hearn's feelings about Wilson's injury in contrast to the rules?

7. Why does Cummings begin to lose control of the men and what were his feeling about this?

8. Why does Brown sometimes wish he was only a private?

9. What is it about Roth that Minetta and Wyman like?

10. As the men continue to build the road, what thoughts begin to cross their minds and why?

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