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

2. Why does Cokes claim he has been falling down a lot?
(a) From drinking.
(b) From PTSD.
(c) From leukemia.
(d) From dizzy spells.

3. According to Cokes, what is worse that being a "queer"?
(a) Having PTSD.
(b) Leaving the Army.
(c) Dying in Vietnam.
(d) Having leukemia.

4. When talking to Billy out "quality of talent," what is Carlyle referring to in regard to Richie and other men in the unit?
(a) If Billy thinks Richie likes Carlyle.
(b) If there are any other gays in the unit.
(c) If Richie has "turned" anyone else in the unit gay.
(d) If Billy has slept with Richie or anyone else in the unit.

5. What does Cokes compare the man in the spider hole to?
(a) A jack-in-the-box.
(b) James Stewart.
(c) A smashed egg.
(d) Charlie Chaplin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Carlyle yell at Billy when questioning Billy about why he is so uptight?

2. As Cokes and Rooney are telling the men about their past, what do they say happened to O'Flannigan?

3. At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2, what is Billy wearing?

4. Instead of Billy leaving the room, where does Billy tell Carlyle and Richie to go to?

5. Which character discusses the attempted suicide with the character who tried to slit his wrists?

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