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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. By Part 2, Chapter 2, why has Croft become frustrated on the island?
(a) He feels his platoon is only on labor duties.
(b) He feels his platoon does not have enough dry clothes.
(c) He feels his platoon needs more men.
(d) He feels his platoon is fighting too much.

2. What have the soliders been doing in the five weeks they have been on the island?
(a) Building a road.
(b) Waiting for the Japanese.
(c) Training.
(d) Fighting.

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

4. What does Croft do with the Japanese soldier who did not die from the grenade?
(a) Shoots him right away.
(b) Lets him go.
(c) Ties him up.
(d) Takes him prisoner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During Part 1, Chapter 1, what does Wilson daydream of doing on the island?

2. In Part 2, Chapter 5, as Roth thinks about his wife, what can the reader guess about her feelings toward him?

3. In Part 2, Chapter 3, what does Hearn feel guilty over?

4. How does the commanding officer describe Anopopei?

5. What is the General's worst fear about the island?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hearn's insecurity show in Part 3, Chapter 2?

2. In Part 2, Chapter 5, for the first time Croft realizes that he is afraid. What are the circumstances for this realization?

3. How is Cummings use of the destroyer unnecessary?

4. Why does Hearn dislike Conn, Hobart, and Dalleson?

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

6. What are Hearn's feeling as he thinks about the platoon, Cummings, and Croft?

7. After carrying Wilson and enduring the heat and exhaustion, why didn't the men leave Wilson behind?

8. As the troops enter the jungle, what is their strategy for getting through the dense terrain?

9. Why is Dalleson tasked to prepare the logistics for the attack on Toyaku Line?

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

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