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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. PT boats are sometimes characterized as ________________.
(a) canoes.
(b) logs.
(c) suicide boats.
(d) torpedos.

2. Where are Admiral Kester's headquarters located?
(a) The Phillippines.
(b) Noumea.
(c) Pearl Harbor.
(d) Korea.

3. What is widely known about Harbison?
(a) He was a social snob.
(b) He was wealthy.
(c) He was gay.
(d) He was epileptic.

4. What does Harbison provide to the nurses who arrive on Efate Island?
(a) Stockings.
(b) Jewelry.
(c) Steaks.
(d) Perfume.

5. From whom does Joe get his first letter sent by a girl?
(a) Essie Schultz.
(b) Laura Benton.
(c) Maddie Willows.
(d) Alice Morganstern.

6. Why does Nellie call off her marriage to Emile?
(a) He didn't have any money.
(b) He had children with a so-called "nigger".
(c) He was too old for her.
(d) He beat her.

7. What disease do all the men on the small coral island have?
(a) Scurvy.
(b) Diptheria.
(c) Rickets.
(d) Malaria.

8. To whom does Nellie write a letter stating that she would marry him?
(a) Bill Harbison.
(b) Emile.
(c) Her boyfriend in Alabama.
(d) Tony Fry.

9. What do Lucy and Teta blow up on the island?
(a) A retaining wall.
(b) A bar.
(c) A church.
(d) A bulldozer.

10. What is LARU-8?
(a) An aircraft repair unit.
(b) A spy code.
(c) A new type of tank.
(d) A military handbook.

11. What is the code name of the secret mission in "Alligator"?
(a) Swamp.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Salamander.
(d) Alligator.

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

13. What is the fate of the Remittance Man?
(a) Captured and rescued.
(b) Killed in an air raid.
(c) Captured and presumably executed.
(d) Captured and released.

14. What type of jobs does Joe work on for the Skipper?
(a) Carpentry.
(b) Plumbing.
(c) Administrative.
(d) Social.

15. Who attacks the car with Emile and Nellie inside?
(a) Two Australian sailors.
(b) Four American servicemen.
(c) Three Japanese soldiers.
(d) A group of natives.

Short Answer Questions

1. The women on the naval bases need extra security from ______________.

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

3. Who is Emile De Becque?

4. In "Alligator", U.S. Admirals plot an attack on the Japanese-held island of ______________.

5. What is Nellie Forbush's job?

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