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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 are the only things destroyed in building the airstrip?
(a) Stone buildings.
(b) A church.
(c) Pine trees.
(d) Native homes.

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

3. What is Harbison's job on the island?
(a) Military vehicles officer.
(b) Mess Hall officer.
(c) Procurement officer.
(d) Recreation officer.

4. What is Harbison forced to censor?
(a) Soldiers' letters.
(b) Soldiers' entertainment.
(c) Military messages.
(d) Television programming.

5. During what time period does the narrator spend time in the South Pacific?
(a) Gulf War.
(b) Vietnam War.
(c) World War II.
(d) Korean War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the narrator sent in April of 1942?

2. Who is the girl Tony Fry is having an affair with?

3. In what branch of the military does Bill Harbison serve?

4. Admiral Kester is the leader of the attack on the island of ____________.

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

(see the answer key)

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