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

2. The station sends out regular radio reports daily on ___________ and the weather.
(a) rations.
(b) enemy planes.
(c) news headlines.
(d) entertainment.

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

4. Where do soldiers and navy personnel spend much of their time in the South Pacific?
(a) Caves.
(b) Small islands.
(c) Huts.
(d) Battleships.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Seabee who helped Joe find girls?

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

3. What is widely known about Harbison?

4. From what U.S. state does Nellie come?

5. What design does Admiral Kester order removed from a plane?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Joe and what are the circumstances he shares with eight hundred other men in "Dry Rot"?

2. What is Tony Fry known for because there is so much down time on the islands?

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

4. Why is Nellie feeling particularly vulnerable?

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

6. What foreshadowing does the author use in this story?

7. What types of emotional angst does Nellie experience in this environment which is so different from her native Alabama?

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

9. Who is the Remittance Man?

10. What happens when Luther Billis promises to set Joe up with some girls?

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