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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Pavlo realize after explaining what happened to Ardell?

3. Who does Pierce say he is worried about while he is drunk talking with Pavlo?

4. Upon finding Pavlo in the state he is in, what does Hinkle do upon returning to the game?

5. In the furnace room after Pierce accuses Pavlo's stories of being lies, what does Pierce ask Pavlo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of Kress's comment about Pierce fetching him a soda while getting Pavlo a medic?

2. How are the opening scenes of this play different than others? Plot-wise, hypothesize over the purpose of this style of opening.

3. In what ways can Pavlo be considered a classic "tragic figure" by the time the audience reaches Act 2, Part 4? Relate him to other well-known tragic figures in literature.

4. What may be the significance or playwright's purpose for Pavlo realizing he's dead so far along into the play and after the climax?

5. Why is Pavlo's unnecessary killing of the elderly Vietnamese man included in Act 2, Part 4? Extrapolate the significance of including this moment in this scene.

6. What can the audience understand about Pavlo's mentality in Act 2, Part 4 when Pavlo shouts back to Ardell after being wounded that they can "hurt him as many times as they want?"

7. In the final scene, how does Wall live up to the metaphorical meaning of his name?

8. How has Pavlo dealt with struggles concerning his family/social relations? Could it be surmised that the "wound" Towers is referring to may also relate to Pavlo's wounds of the ill-effects of poor relationships throughout his life? How?

9. In this brief section of Act 2, Part 3, how is Pavlo again confronted with a vivid reminder of the destruction involved in war?

10. Tower mentions the North Star more than a few times throughout the play, and finally in Act 2, Part 4. Up until this point, what are the possible meanings of these references to the North Star?

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