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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Roger claim will happen to Sarge (Rooney) within one year?
(a) He will blow himself up.
(b) He will drink himself to death.
(c) He will be dishonorably discharged.
(d) He will die in action in the war.

2. Because of O'Flannigan's accident, what song was he unable to sing?
(a) Streamers.
(b) Screamers.
(c) Beautiful Streamers.
(d) Beautiful Screamers.

3. What does Roger get caught looking at in Richie's footlocker?
(a) A pin-up girl's picture.
(b) A picture of a naked man.
(c) A wallet.
(d) A letter from the Army.

4. What did Cokes do to the man in the spider hole?
(a) Nothing, he was taken by a medic back to the camp.
(b) Threw in a gernade, sat on the lid, and waited for it to blow.
(c) Threw the contents from his latrine down the hole onto the man.
(d) Aimed his rifle down the hole and opened fire.

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

6. What do Roger and Billy bring Carlyle while he is laying on the floor?
(a) The mop.
(b) The blankets from their beds.
(c) Another beer.
(d) The Playboy.

7. How did Billy come to join the Army?
(a) Enlisted.
(b) Drafted.
(c) Time off for good behavior from jail.
(d) Part of judges orders.

8. Roger asks Billy if he would rather fight a war in the freezing cold or one where there were "awful ....". Awful what?
(a) Sergeants.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Living quarters.
(d) Poisons.

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

10. Who are the two black characters in the play?
(a) Clark and Billy.
(b) Roger and Clark.
(c) Billy and Martin.
(d) Carlyle and Roger.

11. 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 clean the barracks floors.
(c) Roger wants to look at the Playboy.
(d) Roger wants to go to the gym.

12. What kind of powder does Richie use for his rashes?
(a) Baby powder.
(b) Army issue medicated powder.
(c) Baking powder.
(d) Foot powder.

13. How many years does Martin have left to serve in the military?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

14. What does Carlyle pull out of his pocket after catching Roger in Richie's footlocker?
(a) A letter from Roger's family.
(b) A marijuana cigarette.
(c) A pint of whiskey.
(d) A cigar.

15. Why does Carlyle refuse to get off of the floor and into bed?
(a) Carlyle says he cannot walk because of his broken ankle.
(b) Carlyle is afraid Richie will get into bed with him.
(c) Carlyle says he cannot find his bed; it is gone.
(d) Carlyle is afraid of his bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Cokes after he and Rooney finish singing their song?

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

3. What is Rooney's nickname for Cokes?

4. 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?

5. According to Cokes, what makes the "gooks" yellow?

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