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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hinkle realize Pavlo has done to himself while the other trainees are playing their game?
(a) Sniffed airplane glue and taken a whole bottle of aspirin.
(b) Snifffed airplane glue and slashed his wrist.
(c) Taken a bottle of sleeping pills and slashed his arm.
(d) Slashed his wrist and taken a whole bottle of aspirin.

2. What happens after the whistle blows?
(a) A squad of army recruits enter.
(b) A messenger arrives.
(c) Ardell leaves the room.
(d) Pavlo runs out of the room.

3. What is jokingly mentioned at the fact that Pavlo is still in bed while the soldiers are playing a game?
(a) That he's studying his dreams.
(b) That he's dreaming about his father.
(c) That he's mentally disturbed.
(d) That he's masturbating.

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

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

6. Along with one other soldier, who must repeat their basic training?
(a) Kress.
(b) Parker.
(c) Hinkle.
(d) Pierce.

7. Who does Pavlo says writes to him concerning Joanna?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His sister.

8. What do the trainees accuse Pavlo of when he arrives in the barracks ,
(a) Stealing their money.
(b) Telling on them for drinking.
(c) Skipping drill.
(d) Wanting to go MIA.

9. Where do the Corporal and Pavlo meet for the first time?
(a) At a bar.
(b) The swimming pool.
(c) The recreation hall.
(d) During drill.

10. Who breaks up the fight between Kress and Pavlo after the test?
(a) Ardell.
(b) Towers.
(c) Pierce.
(d) Parker.

11. Who addresses the trainees when called to formation in Act 1, Part 2?
(a) Ardell.
(b) A stand-in messenger for the Sergeant.
(c) Captain A.
(d) Towers.

12. What was Pavlo's reason to Pierce for telling stories in the furnace room?
(a) He gets so bored he has to tell stories.
(b) Kress and Parker were picking on him
(c) Parker asked him to tell.
(d) Kress asked him to tell.

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

14. What is the general response of the trainees to Hinkle's discovery about Pavlo's being in bed for too long?
(a) The trainees fight about what to do.
(b) The trainees become confused.
(c) The game continues and jokes are made about Pavlo.
(d) The game abruptly ends.

15. What is the story about that Pavlo tells Pierce in the furnace room?
(a) When he drank too much in high school.
(b) His uncle being executed.
(c) His mother's insanity.
(d) How he used to love fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pavlo's response to Ardell's comment about a radiation attack?

2. What is the occupation of the main character?

3. After the Corporal and Pavlo meet, what does Pavlo say in the barracks is so important about being a good soldier?

4. What age does Pavlo remember being while holding the grenade?

5. What does Pavlo remind Tower of when told he had to follow through on his punishment?

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