View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Goldstein thinks about opening a business with his wife. What type of business does he want to open?
(a) Bakery.
(b) Insurance.
(c) Welding.
(d) Clothing.

2. How does Brown feel about being a sergeant?
(a) Unlucky.
(b) Resentful.
(c) Proud.
(d) Privileged.

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

4. In Part 2, Chapter 6, who is in charge of setting up the recreation tent?
(a) Hearn.
(b) Martinez.
(c) Roth.
(d) Cummings.

5. 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) Toglio.
(b) Wyman.
(c) Martinez.
(d) Goldstein.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 3, which character is upset that the officers have a higher standard of living than the soldiers?

2. Wilson tells the men he has another woman in Kansas. What is his reason for liking her more than his own wife?

3. Wilson had a flashback to his life before the war. During this flashback the reader learns the Wilson admires his father for what reason?

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

5. At what time do the troops reach Anopopei?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Cummings think about the campaign in general?

3. What is the general mood on board of the ship as the men leave the island?

4. During Part 2, Chapter 7, what does Martinez do in the souvenir hut?

5. How did Stanley get money before the war and what are the other men's reaction to this method?

6. How does the delay in the mail system make it difficult for Gallagher to accept his wife's death?

7. Why does Hearn think he is becoming a prude?

8. How does the narrator describe the pace of Ridges and Goldstein as they carry Wilson through the jungle?

9. What is the bird in Part 3, Chapter 5 symbolic of? And how do Croft's actions confirm the symbolism?

10. How is Wilson described in chapter 1?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 694 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample