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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. According to Cokes, what makes the "gooks" yellow?
(a) Rice.
(b) Yellow fever as children.
(c) Old booze and urinating in the water supply.
(d) Too much beer.

2. What did Cokes get the Silver Star for?
(a) Saving a fellow solider.
(b) Killing 47 Vietcong.
(c) Killing 47 Chinese.
(d) Losing his leg in battle.

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

4. 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 wants to clean the barracks floors.
(c) Roger hates Carlyle and will never go anywhere with him.
(d) Roger wants to look at the Playboy.

5. At the end of Act 1, what does Richie do to Carlyle to get Billy to yell at him?
(a) Richie kisses Carlyle.
(b) Richie covers up Carlyle and pats his arm.
(c) Richie kicks Carlyle.
(d) Richie lies down beside Carlyle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rooney's nickname for Cokes?

2. As Roger is finishing up the mopping, what do Cokes and Rooney carry into the room?

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

4. According to the stage directions, how many lights hang at the center of the ceiling?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Roger allow Richie to tell Cokes about what has happened to Rooney?

2. Why does Roger try to talk Billy into going into town while leaving Richie out of the conversation?

3. At the end of the play, Cokes puts a lot of things into perspective for Roger and Richie. What does Cokes tell them?

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

5. What does Richie mean by the "real Richie" is in Manhattan, and the other Richie is sitting in the Army reading a book?

6. What is wrong with the lieutenant's statement: "two perfectly trained and primed strong pieces of U.S. Army property cut to [expletive] up in here"?

7. Why does Rooney claim that Billy, Roger, and Richie are not in the Army?

8. Why does Carlyle speak in the third person when talking to Richie about his (Carlyle's) behavior the night he passed out on the bunk room floor?

9. Why does Carlyle think that he must teach Billy a lesson for throwing a shoe at him?

10. What is Carlyle's problem with education?

(see the answer keys)

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