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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. During a discussion between Brown and Stanley, what does Brown say he will do to his wife if she is cheating on him?
(a) Beat her up.
(b) Forgive her.
(c) Kill her.
(d) Divorce her.

2. In Part 2, Chapter 3, which character is upset that the officers have a higher standard of living than the soldiers?
(a) Conn.
(b) Dalleson.
(c) Cummings.
(d) Hearn.

3. During Part 2, Chapter 8, what are most of the soldiers doing?
(a) Reparing their tents.
(b) Relaxing on the beach.
(c) Building a road.
(d) Fighting the Japanese.

4. What is Cummings motive behind assigning Hearn tasks such as bringing him fresh flowers and taking liquor to the officer's mess tent?
(a) Possible promotion.
(b) Revenge.
(c) He does not want Hearn fighting.
(d) Humiliation.

5. In Part 2, Chapter 5, as Roth thinks about his wife, what can the reader guess about her feelings toward him?
(a) She thinks he worthless.
(b) She loves Roth.
(c) She thinks he is sucessful.
(d) She wishes to have children.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Brown feel about being a sergeant?

3. Who does Stanley begin to lose respect for after his promotion?

4. What is Red's strategy for dealing with his current situation of being at war?

5. Leach offers a number of excuses why he can not take a picture of Dalleson. Which of the following is not one of his excuses?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the American troops learn about the Japanese troops after the campaign was over?

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

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

4. Do you think that Hearn suspects any deception from Croft? Why or why not?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 2, why is Martinez compared to a deer?

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

7. Why is Gallagher upset with Wilson's reply to his wife's letter?

8. How does the general mood eventually change, and how is this different that what was experienced on the island?

9. When the men run into a snake, Wilson seems to be talking about swimming and a boat. But Brown recognizes Wilson is remembering what?

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

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