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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During this frantic period of time the men are working _______ hours each week.
(a) 90.
(b) 50.
(c) 75.
(d) 80.

2. What does Tony kill during the night when they scratch on the metal of the plane?
(a) Coyotes.
(b) Seagulls.
(c) Land crabs.
(d) Raccoons.

3. Who is Bill Harbison's wife?
(a) Lenore.
(b) Loretta.
(c) Laura.
(d) Lynley.

4. The husband of the woman in #145 is a _____________.
(a) Marine.
(b) planter.
(c) fugitive.
(d) rum runner.

5. For what is the island of Bali ha'i known?
(a) It is the home of the Tiki bird.
(b) It is the home of a drug smuggling ring.
(c) It is the site of Bloody Mary's trading post.
(d) The young girls are kept there for their protection.

6. In what type of ceremony does Tony Fry marry Latouhe?
(a) Methodist.
(b) Buddhist.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Jewish.

7. What item does Bloody Mary sell to Americans?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) Grass skirts.
(c) Voodoo dolls.
(d) Cocktails.

8. What do the men consider putting on top of the airstrip to give it a tighter, smoother top?
(a) Live coral.
(b) Silicone.
(c) Plastic.
(d) Gel.

9. Joe is caught between his orders to shut down Bloody Mary's business and _______________.
(a) seeing Liat.
(b) smuggling drugs.
(c) buying whiskey.
(d) going AWOL.

10. Why does Harbison bring up the topic of Seaman Timothy Hewitt to Paul?
(a) He has died from a wound sustained
(b) He has a really bad case of malaria.
(c) He has had a nervous breakdown.
(d) Hewitt writes what are considered to be pornographic letters to his wife.

11. Which of the French sisters ends up pregnant?
(a) Laurencin.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Latouche.
(d) Marthe.

12. Even though Bus Adams is a married man, he has a girlfriend in the South Pacific named _____________.
(a) Isabel Balzac.
(b) Jeanne Marie.
(c) Rose Boulanger.
(d) Latouche Barzan.

13. In addition to Dr. Paul Benoway, who survives a plane crash and time on a life raft?
(a) Tony Fox.
(b) Joe Cable.
(c) Lt. Bill Harbison.
(d) Eddie Wirtz.

14. What is the Bouncing Belch?
(a) Condemned plane.
(b) Hotel.
(c) Drinking game.
(d) Bar.

15. Paul compared his survival of the plane crash as _________________.
(a) a near-death experience.
(b) an Aztec human sacrifice to the sun.
(c) a character-building exercise.
(d) a humbling experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the men spend Christmas Day?

2. Why do the men create serious pranks during this time?

3. What is a boar?

4. Who is Liat supposed to marry?

5. Who is the chaplain in "A Boar's Tooth"?

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