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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rooney's (L.B.J.) MOS?
(a) Medical technician.
(b) Flight coordinator.
(c) Weaponry.
(d) Demolitions.

2. What is the one threat (as stated by the stage directions) that all of the men share?
(a) Death.
(b) Losing a limb.
(c) The war.
(d) Homosexuals.

3. What happens to Cokes after he and Rooney finish singing their song?
(a) Cokes passes out and dies.
(b) Cokes falls on his face.
(c) Cokes kisses Richie.
(d) Cokes punches Billy.

4. According to the stage directions, what song begins playing at the end of Act 1?
(a) Taps.
(b) The Star-Spangled Banner.
(c) The National Anthem.
(d) A funeral march.

5. What did Cokes get the Silver Star for?
(a) Killing 47 Vietcong.
(b) Saving a fellow solider.
(c) Killing 47 Chinese.
(d) Losing his leg in battle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cokes do to the man in the spider hole?

2. What is Rooney's nickname for Cokes?

3. When discussing the war with Richie, who does Roger claim everyone is saying is the new "Hitler"?

4. As Billy, Roger, and Richie are getting finishing up the floors, Roger gets out a radio. What song are they listening to?

5. At the end of Act 1, what does Richie do to Carlyle to get Billy to yell at him?

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