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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Billy and Roger leave to go play basketball, what does Richie to to Billy's bed?
(a) Climbs in naked and rubs himself all over the sheets.
(b) Pulls all of the sheets off.
(c) Tears up the Playboy and throws the pieces all over his bed.
(d) Sprays cologne all over it.

2. When Carlyle begins to flirt drunkenly with Richie, what does he do?
(a) Carlyle starts hugging Richie.
(b) Carlyle runs is hands through Richie's hair.
(c) Caryle starts rubbing Richie's back.
(d) Carlyle starts kissing Richie.

3. When Roger tells Richie that he and Billy are exercising, Richie says, "everyone has their own little pet name for it." What is Richie referring to?
(a) Flirting.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Sex.
(d) Mopping the floor.

4. What is the only book that Richie tries to read during the play?
(a) Pauline Kael's, "I Lost it at the Movies."
(b) William Faulkner's, "The Sound and the Fury."
(c) Lewis Carroll's, "Behind the Looking Glass."
(d) Jo & Meg's, "Comic Tragedies."

5. Why does Carlyle say he doesn't like "nobody's voice but my own"?
(a) He thinks everyone is gay.
(b) Everyone bores him.
(c) He thinks everyone is beneath him.
(d) He thinks everyone talks bad about him.

6. After Billy tells Carlyle that Richie is not "queer," what does Carlyle claim to want from Richie?
(a) Carlyle says he wants some "dating tips" from Richie.
(b) Carlyle says he wants to "get some" from Richie.
(c) Carlyle says he wants to get grooming tips from Richie.
(d) Carlyle says he wants "nothing" from Richie.

7. During the discussion about Frankie, Billy tells Richie that there is a new theory regarding homosexuality. What is the new theory?
(a) That is is nurture, not nature.
(b) That it only happens to boys who grow up without fathers.
(c) Genetics.
(d) That it is from drinking the water in New York.

8. 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 there are any other gays in the unit.
(b) If Billy has slept with Richie or anyone else in the unit.
(c) If Richie has "turned" anyone else in the unit gay.
(d) If Billy thinks Richie likes Carlyle.

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

10. When Billy throws a basketball at Richie, what does the basketball knock out of Richie's hand?
(a) A bottle of cologne.
(b) The Playboy.
(c) A towel.
(d) Foot powder.

11. Where does Richie tell Carlyle the "real Richie" has gone?
(a) California.
(b) Flordia.
(c) Hell.
(d) Manhattan.

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

13. How much money does Richie loan Carlyle?
(a) $10.
(b) $15.
(c) $5.
(d) $20.

14. Whose bed is Carlyle lying on when Billy comes back from the gym?
(a) Richie's.
(b) Roger's.
(c) Martin's.
(d) Billy's.

15. After asking for a loan, why does Roger claim that Carlyle needs to get off base for a while?
(a) Because he feels bad about how he has been acting.
(b) Because he needs to go get drunk.
(c) Because he is being shipped off the Vietnam soon.
(d) Because he needs to go see his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roger say will help Billy become tougher?

2. After calling Richie "Eddie," what does Richie say his friends call him?

3. When Billy is being questioned by Carlyle about his bunk mates, Billy denies that Richie is gay. What does Billy claim Richie is?

4. When Billy and Roger first met, why did Roger keep talking to Billy?

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

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