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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Billy want to grow up to be?
(a) An Army officer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A police officer.
(d) A priest.

2. News regarding Martin has come in. Where is Martin going?
(a) The Army is sending him to Vietnam.
(b) The Army is transferring him to another unit.
(c) The Army is sending him home.
(d) The Army is putting him in a mental hospital.

3. What does Carlyle call Roger throughout the play?
(a) Kid.
(b) Ro.
(c) The black boy.
(d) Newbie.

4. Richie comes in while Billy and Roger are working out. How does Richie make fun of them?
(a) Richie laughs and calls them "gay."
(b) Richie tells them that is not how one argues with the floor.
(c) Richie says that they are "humping" wrong.
(d) Richie says they will never become a couple if that is how they think it is done.

5. What does Roger make Billy do when Billy tells him he is "sick-like"?
(a) Take a shower.
(b) Push-ups.
(c) Take some of his pills.
(d) Drink a beer.

6. What does Richie suggest Billy do instead of going to town with Carlyle and Roger?
(a) Go to the movies with him.
(b) Go to play basketball with him.
(c) Go to town together.
(d) Go to cool off and take a shower.

7. After coming in from playing basketball, how much money does Roger ask Billy or Richie to loan him?
(a) $20.
(b) $5.
(c) $10.
(d) $15.

8. How does Richie try to get Carlyle to leave the room peacefully after Carlyle accuses him of being rude?
(a) Richie is not peaceful; he is blunt and tells Carlyle to leave.
(b) Richie tries to kiss Carlyle.
(c) Richie claims Carlyle must have some very important business to attend to.
(d) Richie goes over to Carlyle and holds his hand while walking him out.

9. Why does Roger think Billy wants to get a part-time job bartending?
(a) To lose his virginity.
(b) Because of the black-haired waitress.
(c) To become tougher.
(d) For the money.

10. While discussing Richie's homosexuality, what does Carlyle claim he can "see" of Billy's?
(a) His "inner-gay."
(b) His scar.
(c) His heart.
(d) His soul.

11. Why does Carlyle think that Billy, Richie, and Roger share such a nice room?
(a) Because they all enlisted at the same time.
(b) Because they are all gay.
(c) Because they all share the same duty job.
(d) Because they are all to go to Vietnam together.

12. Where did Billy and Roger meet for the first time?
(a) Basic training.
(b) Recruiting meeting.
(c) P Company.
(d) In Vietnam.

13. What does Carlyle ask Richie if he is?
(a) A "Jim."
(b) A punk.
(c) A "homo."
(d) A funny.

14. What does Carlyle say Richie did to him when he slept on the bunk house floor?
(a) Kissed his "joint."
(b) Smoked his drugs.
(c) Tried some "funny-stuff."
(d) Slept on the floor with him.

15. Where is Billy from?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Wisconsin.
(c) Kansas.
(d) Nebraska.

Short Answer Questions

1. What initial reason does Roger give for going off base with Carlyle?

2. What part of the day is it at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?

3. After Billy tells Carlyle that Richie is not "queer," what does Carlyle claim to want from Richie?

4. According to Carlyle, what is the Army all about?

5. When Billy throws a basketball at Richie, what does the basketball knock out of Richie's hand?

(see the answer keys)

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