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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What enrages Admiral Kester at one time?
(a) Monsoon season.
(b) A stuck zipper.
(c) Cold coffee.
(d) Empty whiskey bottle.

4. On what kind of boat does Tony go out on some patrols?
(a) PT.
(b) Cruise ships.
(c) Battleships.
(d) Missile launchers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Remittance Man's nickname?

2. From what disease do many of the men stationed near the Coral Sea suffer?

3. PT boats are sometimes characterized as ________________.

4. Why is Nellie upset about Emile's half-Polynesian daughters?

5. Who is Emile De Becque?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the condition of the men in the "Coral Sea" story?

2. What makes the narrator decide to postpone the decision to cut down the trees on Norfolk Island?

3. Why is Bill Harbison called a social snob?

4. Why are PT boats considered inadequate and what measures are put into place to help support them?

5. Who is the woman who is the center of the story in "Our Heroine"?

6. Why is Nellie feeling particularly vulnerable?

7. Why does Joe face a court martial over the incident regarding mosquito netting?

8. What is the content of the "Coral Sea" story?

9. What is the content of "The South Pacific" story?

10. What is the narrator's job on Norfolk Island and what does he see as an impediment?

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