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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. What kind of people is the room that Rico lands in full of?
(a) Skinnies
(b) Clones
(c) Divvies
(d) Fatties

2. What does Zim become as more and more recruits drop out?
(a) Angry
(b) Patient
(c) Funny
(d) Violent

3. Where are the recruits sent for survival training?
(a) The Sahara
(b) The Canadian Rockies
(c) The prairies
(d) Alaska

4. What is the name of the training camp?
(a) Arthur Currie
(b) Abraham Lincoln
(c) Zim Zam
(d) Arthur Ashe

5. Who is the novel's main character?
(a) Jimmy Portfield
(b) Juan Rico
(c) Jana Barabcova
(d) Gabriel Batistuta

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Rico's men is missing?

2. Where do the new recruits learn to sleep?

3. What does Rico feel about training looking back to it?

4. Why does Rico's father not want Rico to enlist in the army?

5. What are Zim's favorite weapon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the power suits enable a soldier to do?

2. Why does Frankel make Hendrick's punishment so light?

3. Why are the bugs so difficult to fight?

4. Describe the release of the capsules in Chapter 1.

5. What does a soldier use his facial muscles for inside a power suit?

6. What does Rico's father want him to do instead of the army?

7. Describe Sergeant Zim.

8. Describe Rico's punishment.

9. What are the benefits of joining the army?

10. Why does Rico find it difficult to adjust to army life?

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