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

2. According to the stage directions, what color are the shades that cover the lights?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

3. Why does Richie believe the suicide attempt was made?
(a) To really cause death.
(b) For attention.
(c) For a diagnosis of mental illness.
(d) To get out of the military.

4. What division of the Army have Rooney and Cokes been in together?
(a) JAG.
(b) Special Ops.
(c) The Seals.
(d) 101st Airborne.

5. How does Richie finish the following statement: "cleanliness is ....."?
(a) Godliness.
(b) Homosexuality.
(c) Releasing.
(d) Nakedness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character discusses the attempted suicide with the character who tried to slit his wrists?

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

3. What is the one threat (as stated by the stage directions) that all of the men share?

4. What did Cokes get the Silver Star for?

5. As Billy and Roger contemplate Carlyle's enlistment into the Army, why does Billy claim Carlyle is in the Army?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes regarding Carlyle's behavior when Richie closes the bunk room door because of "the draft"?

2. What does Roger mean when he says to Billy, "every black man in the world ain't like me"?

3. Rooney makes a huge show about Cokes's boots. What makes Cokes's boots special?

4. What is ironic about Rooney being a demolitions expert?

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

6. After the murders, Roger has not changed in regard to his obsession. What does Roger do after everyone but he and Richie have left?

7. Why does Carlyle hate the Army?

8. Why does Carlyle have a problem with the duty the Army has assigned him?

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

10. 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?

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