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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through pp. 144-164, Dry Rot.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joe refuse to do that results in his being threatened with court martial?
(a) Serve KP duty.
(b) Clean his weapon.
(c) Salute an officer.
(d) Sleep under mosquito nets.

2. From what disease do many of the men stationed near the Coral Sea suffer?
(a) Gonorrhea.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Malaria.

3. In "Alligator", U.S. Admirals plot an attack on the Japanese-held island of ______________.
(a) Kuralei.
(b) Pearl Harbor.
(c) Norfolk Island.
(d) Efate.

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

5. Whose farm does the narrator and Tony Fry visit?
(a) Fletcher Christian.
(b) Teta Christian.
(c) Tia Christian.
(d) Milania Christian.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the 22-year-old nurse that Harbison started to date?

4. What is Captain Kelley's notable demeanor?

5. Who is the girl who wrote to Joe and then died in a car accident?

(see the answer key)

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