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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Roger tell Carlyle that he got such a nice room in the Army?
(a) Because of his relationship with the master sergent.
(b) Because of good behavior.
(c) Because he paid off the bunk officer.
(d) Because he is a Spec 4.

3. According to Cokes's and Rooney's song, what must a paratrooper count to before pulling the cord to his shoot?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 100.
(c) 10.
(d) 1,000.

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

5. What object is at the foot of each of the bunks?
(a) A military backpack.
(b) A mini-stove.
(c) A green wooden footlocker.
(d) A black wooden footlocker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cokes get the Silver Star for?

2. Why does Billy threaten Richie while they are mopping the bunks?

3. What does Roger get caught looking at in Richie's footlocker?

4. Why is Cokes sent home from battle?

5. At the end of Act 1, what does Richie do to Carlyle to get Billy to yell at him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Roger believe that just because you tried it (homosexual activity) doesn't make one a homosexual?

2. Why is the fact that Roger smokes contradictory to his other behaviors?

3. What does "standing tall" mean to the men in the bunk room?

4. Why did Roger continue to talk to Billy when they first met in P Company?

5. As Billy, Roger and Richie are discussing going out, Richie calls going to a whorehouse "disgusting." Billy's replies to Richie with "look who's talking." What do both men mean?

6. What is the underlying fear that all of the men share? (Billy, Roger, Richie, and Carlyle)

7. What does Carlyle mean when talking about "the black man's problem"?

8. Why is Roger so willing to accept Carlyle and his behavior?

9. Why does Billy have such a hard time with the sexual relationship that Carlyle and Richie are alluding to happening in the bunk house and not somewhere else?

10. Why does the lieutenant's actions towards Roger speak to the stereotypical assumptions regarding the crime scene?

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