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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of test are the trainees waiting to hear the results of?
(a) Spacio-Visual.
(b) Literacy.
(c) Proficiency.
(d) Physical ability.

2. What is Pavlo wearing when Ardell shouts at him to get up from under the blanket?
(a) Nothing.
(b) His boots.
(c) His fatigues.
(d) His underclothes.

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

4. What relative(s) does Pavlo say he has?
(a) A mother and half-brother.
(b) A sister and half-brother.
(c) A father and step-mother.
(d) A half-sister and twin brother.

5. What does Pavlo also explain thinking about while holding the grenade?
(a) How he might not live.
(b) How well his hometown baseball coach could throw.
(c) How he would cover the granade with his body.
(d) How his dad taught him to throw.

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

7. When the trainees are called to formation by the second whistle blow of the play , what does Pavlo do while Pierce prepares to go?
(a) Refuses to go to formation.
(b) Tries to pick a fight with Parker.
(c) Begins singing.
(d) Asks Pierce not to go.

8. 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) Slashed his wrist and taken a whole bottle of aspirin.
(c) Taken a bottle of sleeping pills and slashed his arm.
(d) Snifffed airplane glue and slashed his wrist.

9. Who does Hendrix say confronted two Vietnamese?
(a) His brother.
(b) His commanding officer.
(c) His lieutenant.
(d) Himself.

10. What are the soldiers in the barracks gambling with?
(a) Cards.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Dice.
(d) Soap.

11. 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 run and move.
(c) To see and move.
(d) To hear and know.

12. What is Pavlo's response to Ardell's comment about a radiation attack?
(a) He nods his head violently until Ardell stops him.
(b) He repeats the word "no" over and over.
(c) He begins to cry.
(d) He laughs in Ardell's face.

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

14. The corporal tells Pavlo that if he's lucky, he'll be . . .
(a) Promoted to Lieutenant
(b) Given a new weapon.
(c) Assigned to infantry.
(d) Kicked out of the army.

15. Where is Pavlo while Pierce, HInkle, and Kress are setting up their game?
(a) Under his blanket.
(b) On the barrack floor doing push-ups.
(c) In the office on the phone.
(d) Doing pull-ups on the bunks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Pavlo do when he sees Pierce coming after being beaten up by the other trainees?

3. What is Pierce doing when Pavlo first meets him?

4. What is Pavlo's punishment for supposedly masturbating instead of practicing drill?

5. What is Ardell's reason for not believing what he's seeing in Pavlo's mind?

(see the answer keys)

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