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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the ammunition carrier that receives extensive damage in a hurricane?
(a) Rushmore.
(b) Torpex.
(c) Admiralty.
(d) FDR.

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

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

4. Who poses as a Naval Intelligence officer?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Polikopf.
(c) Bus.
(d) Tony.

5. Who is Latouhe's husband?
(a) Jacque Barzan.
(b) Achille Barzan.
(c) Phillippe Barzan.
(d) Emil Barzan.

6. How is the island of Konora shaped?
(a) Like a bent knee.
(b) Like a lightning bolt.
(c) Like a boomerang.
(d) Like an outstretched arm.

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

8. Who is Latouche's sister?
(a) Emile.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Marthe.
(d) Jeanne.

9. Who becomes Latouche's new boyfriend because he can talk about Paris, plus he is not married?
(a) Lt. Col. Haricot.
(b) Tony Fry.
(c) Eddie Franks.
(d) Bill Harbison.

10. What is a major source of American casualties during the South Pacific campaign?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Bacterial infections.
(c) Attacks by Japanese suicide men.
(d) Dogfights.

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

12. What do most men fear being drawn into during their military service?
(a) Prostitution.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Homosexuality.

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

14. What ceremony takes place on the island of Vanicoro?
(a) Sun god ceremony.
(b) Harvest god ceremony.
(c) Sacred pig ceremony.
(d) Funeral pyre.

15. Why does Joe find it difficult to write a letter to his fiance?
(a) He no longer wants to marry her.
(b) He is ill.
(c) He is frightened.
(d) He thinks of Liat.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Commander Hoag killed?

2. What is painted on the side of the plane that Bus Adams flies?

3. Why are the men stuck for a couple of days on the island of Bougainville?

4. What does Tony kill during the night when they scratch on the metal of the plane?

5. Admiral Kester orders an airstrip built on the tiny island of ____________.

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