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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first person to enter the barracks that is not a trainee in Act 1, Part 4?
(a) Towers.
(b) The corporal.
(c) Hendrix.
(d) Ardell.

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

3. What is Ardell's reason for not believing what he's seeing in Pavlo's mind?
(a) Because it is so complicated.
(b) Because it is so simple.
(c) Because it is so strange.
(d) Because it doesn't make sense.

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

5. 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) Parker asked him to tell.
(c) Kress and Parker were picking on him
(d) Kress asked him to tell.

6. What does Ardell do while helping Pavlo get dressed after his suicide attempt?
(a) Tells the other trainees to vacate the barrack.
(b) Sings a marching song.
(c) Whistles a marching tune.
(d) Yells at him to wake up.

7. What does Pavlo shout out at the end of Act 1, Part 4?
(a) That he is "Pavlo Motherhumping Hummel."
(b) That he is "finished."
(c) That he "can't see anything."
(d) That he should just "move and do."

8. In the furnace room, what does Kress say to Parker about Pavlo?
(a) That Pavlo is stupid.
(b) That Pavlo will be honored.
(c) That Pavlo is a girl.
(d) That PAvlo doesn't have a family.

9. What does Pavlo say he did when he read the letter?
(a) Apologizes in another letter.
(b) Goes to church to pray.
(c) Lost his temper.
(d) Goes to a bar.

10. Who brings the test results to the soldiers?
(a) Pierce.
(b) The corporal.
(c) Ardell.
(d) Towers.

11. What does Pierce urge Pavlo to do in response to the people tormenting him?
(a) To make friends with them.
(b) To quit the army.
(c) To fight back.
(d) To announce his problem in the barracks.

12. What country does the Corporal reveal he has been in when Pavlo and him first meet?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) Cambodia.
(c) Laos.
(d) Myanmar.

13. What is the second question to Pavlo from Ardell?
(a) Does he know who did it.
(b) If he enjoys killing.
(c) If he knows what happened.
(d) If he will go home.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What reason for practicing weapons drill does Pavlo give to Towers when asked?

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

4. When Pierce and Pavlo are speaking in the furnace room, what does Ardell do to Pavlo as the other trainees are in formation?

5. How does Pavlo first respond to the army recruits?

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