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

2. When fresh food arrives, how does Cummings divided it between the 180 soldiers and 38 officers?
(a) Half for the soldiers and half for the officers.
(b) Three quarters for the soldiers and one quarter for the officers.
(c) First come, first serve.
(d) Officers eat first then the soldiers have the leftovers.

3. What is Red's strategy for dealing with his current situation of being at war?
(a) Think positively.
(b) Seek guidance from a superior.
(c) Rely on the support of the platoon.
(d) Take it one day at a time.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By Part 2, Chapter 2, why has Croft become frustrated on the island?

2. How does Brown's feelings about women affect Stanley?

3. How does the commanding officer describe Anopopei?

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

5. What does Hearn request of Cummings in Part 2, Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Cummings solution to bring the men back in line and give one example of this?

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

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

4. What is Hearn's punishment, so to speak, for questioning Cummings's division of the food?

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

6. Why does Hearn think that a relationship with Croft will be difficult?

7. How is Wilson described in chapter 1?

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

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

10. What are Croft's feelings aboutHearn joining the platoon?

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