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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How in the barracks during the conversation about Pavlo joining infantry did Pavlo claim his mother would react?
(a) Start to cry in frustration.
(b) Be embarrassed.
(c) Be hugely excited.
(d) Divorce his father.

3. What is happening in the barracks when Ardell first appears to find Pavlo near death?
(a) The trainees are getting Pavlo to stand up.
(b) The trainees are making fun of Pavlo.
(c) Pavlo is fighting with Kress.
(d) Kress is making fun of Pavlo.

4. What does Pavlo do after weapons drill that nobody else does?
(a) Pull-ups.
(b) Jumping jacks.
(c) Sit-ups.
(d) Push-ups.

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

6. What is the subject of the first army song sung?
(a) How fun it is to be in the army.
(b) How having a gun makes you weaker.
(c) How unfaithful women are when their men are at war.
(d) How they are only strong in numbers.

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

8. What two words does Ardell claim will be of meaning to all people after this event?
(a) Pavlo Boy.
(b) Joanna Hummel.
(c) Division Five.
(d) Pavlo Hummel.

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

10. Where does Ardell say he's from?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) New York.
(d) Tennessee

11. When Ardell suggests that being dead makes Pavlo furious, how does Pavlo respond?
(a) By running out of the room for air.
(b) By agreeing with Ardell.
(c) By denying it.
(d) By crying quietly.

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

13. What does the Corporal say it is easy to do in Vietnam?
(a) Find a wife.
(b) Buy a new weapon.
(c) Get laid.
(d) Get a trip to Cambodia.

14. What does Ardell first ask Pavlo?
(a) If he has killed.
(b) His age.
(c) Where he thinks he's going.
(d) If he knows what happened.

15. What is Pavlo's first question to Ardell after he is attacked in the barracks?
(a) Who was it thhat beat him up.
(b) What was going to happen next.
(c) Where he was supposed to go.
(d) Why he was attacked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game does Hendrix challenge Pavlo to when they first meet?

2. What does Pavlo do when Tower tells him not to ask questions like his first?

3. What did Pavlo have thrown over him when he once entered the barracks?

4. What was the answer to Pavlo's question to Ardell?

5. What did the man in the Corporal's story do to the two Vietnamese people?

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