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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pavlo explains that he wants to be a soldier more than . . .
(a) Having Joanna.
(b) Anything,
(c) Having a family.
(d) Growing old.

2. How was the bed-ridden man injured?
(a) He stepped on a mine.
(b) He fell off a ladder in the barracks.
(c) He was ambushed by Vietcong.
(d) He was shot while trying to escape a POW camp.

3. What is Pavlo's first question to Tower?
(a) How old is he.
(b) How many push-ups he can do.
(c) Where he's from.
(d) Why did he join the army.

4. What is Ardell's first comment when he enters the barracks, in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) How the fuss and noise is Pavlo's fault.
(b) That he was waiting outside.
(c) That he was just sleeping.
(d) That the trainees can't take care of themselves.

5. What does Pavlo's mother say about Joanna over the phone?
(a) That she does not exist.
(b) That she is pregnant with Pavlo's baby.
(c) That she and Joanna are the same person.
(d) That she is in Connecticut and probably pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disturbing activity does Brisbey dream of?

2. What happens to Pavlo in Act 1, Part 4 after Pavlo first enters the barracks?

3. When Ardell suggests that being dead makes Pavlo furious, how does Pavlo respond?

4. Who are the two characters in the furnace room when Pavlo first enters?

5. What are the soldiers in the barracks gambling with?

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