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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through pp. 50-68, An Officer and a Gentleman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What college did Harbison's wife attend?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Duke.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Vassar.

2. What enrages Admiral Kester at one time?
(a) Cold coffee.
(b) Empty whiskey bottle.
(c) A stuck zipper.
(d) Monsoon season.

3. Who built many of the buildings on Norfolk Island?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Natives.
(c) Sailors.
(d) Convicts.

4. Where is the narrator ordered to go to manage a situation regarding a crucial airstrip?
(a) Pearl Harbor.
(b) Phillippines.
(c) Guam.
(d) Norfolk.

5. What is the narrator ordered to do on Norfolk Island?
(a) Dig irrigation ditches.
(b) Train soldiers.
(c) Set up communication stations.
(d) Cut down trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do soldiers and navy personnel spend much of their time in the South Pacific?

2. During what time period does the narrator spend time in the South Pacific?

3. What does Harbison provide to the nurses who arrive on Efate Island?

4. With what kind of liquor does Lt. Grant celebrate the destruction of the Japanese fleet?

5. How old is Teta Christian at the time the narrator visited Norfolk Island?

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