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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Roger want to stay at the barracks instead of going downtown with Carlyle?
(a) Roger hates Carlyle and will never go anywhere with him.
(b) Roger wants to go to the gym.
(c) Roger wants to clean the barracks floors.
(d) Roger wants to look at the Playboy.

2. According to Cokes, what makes the "gooks" yellow?
(a) Yellow fever as children.
(b) Old booze and urinating in the water supply.
(c) Too much beer.
(d) Rice.

3. After lights out, why does Carlyle say he is crawling on the floor?
(a) He has gone mad and reverted to child-like behaviors.
(b) He has found a mouse and is following it home.
(c) He is pretending he is at war and crawling through rice paddies.
(d) Carlyle says he is practicing his duties: "the low crawl."

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

5. As Richie is discussing the war with Billy and Roger, who does he claim hangs snakes by the tail in dark caves waiting for soldiers to enter and be bitten?
(a) German soldiers.
(b) American soliders in Vietnam.
(c) The Russians.
(d) Vietcong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Roger and Billy bring Carlyle while he is laying on the floor?

2. How did Martin and Richie come to be in the military?

3. Why is Cokes sent home from battle?

4. Roger asks Billy if he would rather fight a war in the freezing cold or one where there were "awful ....". Awful what?

5. What excuse does Carlyle make for his behavior (crawling on the floor)?

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