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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many people from Billy's platoon are going to Vietnam?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Seven.

3. 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.

4. Why does Billy threaten Richie while they are mopping the bunks?
(a) Because Billy caught Richie smoking pot.
(b) Because Richie is not working hard enough.
(c) Because he is afraid Richie will tell the Army he is homosexual.
(d) Because Richie keeps making advances towards him (flirting).

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

6. After Richie leaves to take a shower, what do Billy and Roger decide to do?
(a) Go shower.
(b) Mop and buff the floor.
(c) Go find Martin.
(d) Look at a Playboy.

7. How are Cokes's boots different from everyone else's?
(a) Cokes does not wear boots; he wears dress shoes.
(b) Cokes wears jungle boots.
(c) Cokes's boots have a bullet hole in them.
(d) Cokes's boots are brown.

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

9. Since Rich missed dinner to take care of Richie, what does Billy bring him from the mess hall?
(a) A sandwich.
(b) A piece of pie.
(c) Beef jerky.
(d) An apple.

10. When talking about their pasts, what does Billy say his friend, Richie, did to his girlfriend one night?
(a) Richie killed his girlfriend for cheating on him.
(b) Richie dumped his girlfriend to be with a man.
(c) Richie beat up his girlfriend for being with a woman.
(d) Richie choked her for calling him a "homo."

11. Why does it seem impossible for Rooney to be competent in his MOS?
(a) His hands shake too much.
(b) He is too easily stressed.
(c) He has had two heart attacks.
(d) His eyesight is bad.

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

13. Why does Roger think Richie joined the Army?
(a) To be around lots of men.
(b) To get away from his parents.
(c) To be killed and die in honor.
(d) To become "straight."

14. When discussing the war with Richie, who does Roger claim everyone is saying is the new "Hitler"?
(a) Billy.
(b) Ho Chi Minh.
(c) L.B.J.
(d) The president.

15. 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) Vietcong.
(b) The Russians.
(c) German soldiers.
(d) American soliders in Vietnam.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Roger tell Carlyle that he got such a nice room in the Army?

3. In Act 1, where does Richie invite Billy to go?

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

5. What division of the Army have Rooney and Cokes been in together?

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