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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. What does Carlyle pull out of his pocket after catching Roger in Richie's footlocker?
(a) A letter from Roger's family.
(b) A marijuana cigarette.
(c) A cigar.
(d) A pint of whiskey.

2. Why is Cokes sent home from battle?
(a) He has BPD.
(b) He has PTSD.
(c) He has leukemia.
(d) He has AIDS.

3. Why does Billy threaten Richie while they are mopping the bunks?
(a) Because Billy caught Richie smoking pot.
(b) Because Richie keeps making advances towards him (flirting).
(c) Because Richie is not working hard enough.
(d) Because he is afraid Richie will tell the Army he is homosexual.

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

5. How did Martin and Richie come to be in the military?
(a) It is judges orders to avoid jail time.
(b) They were drafted.
(c) It is part of time off for good behavior from jail.
(d) They enlisted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of powder does Richie use for his rashes?

2. What problem does Carlyle have with all of the officers in the Army?

3. What division of the Army have Rooney and Cokes been in together?

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

5. Why does it seem impossible for Rooney to be competent in his MOS?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Billy say that he would rather face "freezin' cold" than snakes?

2. Why does Carlyle call Roger a "Tom"?

3. Explain the comparison Carlyle makes regarding "dealing trouble" and "smiling."

4. Why does Billy compare Carlyle to an animal?

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

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

8. 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?

9. Why does Carlyle claim that the Vietnam war is not their (Carlyle's and Roger's) war?

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

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