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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the Corporal, what were the two Vietnamese in his story wearing, although asking for help?
(a) Satchel packets.
(b) Handcuffs.
(c) Dresses, although men.
(d) Make-up.

3. In the furnace room after Pierce accuses Pavlo's stories of being lies, what does Pierce ask Pavlo?
(a) Whether he has any pride.
(b) When he's leaving the army.
(c) Why he is in the army.
(d) What he wants to be in ten years.

4. After Pavlo is finally redressed, what does Ardell comment upon as the trainees leave the barrack?
(a) How stupid Pavlo is.
(b) What Pavlo's mother would say.
(c) How good Pavlo looks.
(d) How ridiculous the situation is.

5. Who are the two characters in the furnace room when Pavlo first enters?
(a) Kress and Parker.
(b) Towers and Parker.
(c) Ardell and Kress.
(d) Towers and Ardell.

6. While Towers is giving bayonet instruction, what does he say one must have in order to use it properly?
(a) "The ability to kill."
(b) "The ability to listen."
(c) "The spirit to kill."
(d) "The desire to destroy."

7. What is Hinkle ordered to do upon the realization that Pavlo is close to death?
(a) To tell Ardell.
(b) To tell Towers.
(c) To get a medic.
(d) To make up a story.

8. What is Pavlo accused of being by the trainees?
(a) A murderer.
(b) A prisoner.
(c) A liar.
(d) A thief.

9. When Pierce and Pavlo are speaking in the furnace room, what does Ardell do to Pavlo as the other trainees are in formation?
(a) Gives him a heavy rock to hold above his head.
(b) Runs him through weapons drill.
(c) Punches Pavlo.
(d) Tells him to go home.

10. What does Pavlo do when he sees Pierce coming after being beaten up by the other trainees?
(a) Begins to cry quietly.
(b) Runs back to the barracks pretending to have forgotten something.
(c) Stands up and salutes him.
(d) Grabs a book and pretends to read.

11. 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 the trainees can't take care of themselves.
(d) That he was just sleeping.

12. After Parker and Kress leave the furnace room, what does Pierce make Pavlo do?
(a) Recite his general orders.
(b) Sing "When the Saints Go Marching In."
(c) Push-ups.
(d) Take off his jacket.

13. After the Corporal and Pavlo meet, what does Pavlo say in the barracks is so important about being a good soldier?
(a) To run and turn.
(b) To hear and know.
(c) To see and move.
(d) To run and move.

14. After Pavlo is dressed after his suicide attempt, what does Ardell say that everyone is going to say about Pavlo?
(a) That people will laugh at Pavlo forever.
(b) That he is brave.
(c) That Pavlo will never be forgotten.
(d) That Pavlo looks great.

15. Who in Towers's story to the trainees did Towers surprise during World War II?
(a) A platoon of German Navy.
(b) A squad of German amory trucks.
(c) A German.
(d) A Jewish man.

Short Answer Questions

1. How in the barracks during the conversation about Pavlo joining infantry did Pavlo claim his mother would react?

2. What is jokingly mentioned at the fact that Pavlo is still in bed while the soldiers are playing a game?

3. What does Ardell say to Pavlo in regards to the person Pavlo sees in the mirror?

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

5. What is the subject of the first army song sung?

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