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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does MOS stand for?
(a) Man On Stand.
(b) Military Officer's Standard.
(c) Man Over State.
(d) Military Occupation Specialty.

2. What is Rooney's nickname for Cokes?
(a) Diet.
(b) Pop.
(c) Keys.
(d) Cokie.

3. What is the excuse that Carlyle gives the investigating officers about being covered in blood?
(a) That he fell when running after the attacks and it is his blood.
(b) Some people jumped out of some bushes and threw chicken blood on him.
(c) Richie threw Billy's blood on him.
(d) That he slipped and fell in the blood in the room.

4. What is the only book that Richie tries to read during the play?
(a) Lewis Carroll's, "Behind the Looking Glass."
(b) Jo & Meg's, "Comic Tragedies."
(c) William Faulkner's, "The Sound and the Fury."
(d) Pauline Kael's, "I Lost it at the Movies."

5. What is Rooney doing when he enters the bunk room after Billy has been stabbed?
(a) Playing hide-and-seek.
(b) Comming to give the men papers for leaving for Vietnam.
(c) Looking for his gun.
(d) Looking for more beer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Richie do after his father left him and his mother?

2. Why does Richie question his own mentality after Billy and Roger leave to play basketball?

3. What part of the day is it at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?

4. What kind of powder does Richie use for his rashes?

5. When talking about their pasts, what does Billy say his friend, Richie, did to his girlfriend one night?

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