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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ardell instruct Pavlo on in the event of a gas attack?
(a) How to call for back-up.
(b) How to stay low to the ground.
(c) How to put on his gas mask .
(d) How to hold one's breath.

2. When Pavlo asks how the man in the Corporal's story "knew," what was the Corporal's answer?
(a) That he was a bit crazy.
(b) That he just "knew."
(c) That he had ESP.
(d) That this was the way it should be.

3. What does Pavlo remind Tower of when told he had to follow through on his punishment?
(a) He was not at fault.
(b) He will do it better than anyone else in the army.
(c) He has to take care of the furnace.
(d) He does not feel well.

4. Where and when does this story take place?
(a) During the Vietnam War in the 1960s.
(b) During The Holocaust in 1940.
(c) During the maiden voyage of the Titanic in 1912.
(d) During Apartheid in the 1930s.

5. What was the answer to Pavlo's question to Ardell?
(a) That Pavlo killed another man.
(b) That Joanna had written to Pavlo.
(c) That Ardell was going to kill him.
(d) That Pavlo was about to be dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Pavlo drunkenly talking to in the opening scene?

2. Where do the Corporal and Pavlo meet for the first time?

3. Who addresses the trainees when called to formation in Act 1, Part 2?

4. What does Ardell remind Pavlo of in the event of a radiation attack?

5. What does Pavlo say is the reason behind lying to his mother about what time his train was leaving?

(see the answer key)

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