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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 is a PBY?
(a) Latrine duty.
(b) Amphibious seaplane.
(c) Partially Boiled Yak.
(d) Peanut Butter Yogurt.

2. What puts Harbison in a bad mood and makes him break up with the woman in #31?
(a) His brother-in-law got another Army promotion.
(b) He got demoted from his position.
(c) He caught her with another man.
(d) His best friend was killed in Germany.

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

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

5. Who is the Seabee who helped Joe find girls?
(a) Joe Willoughby.
(b) Luther Billis.
(c) Mack Watson.
(d) Eddie Franks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Harbison tell the woman in #33 that he could not marry her after the war?

2. What is the nickname for the passage to Guadalcanal?

3. Whose farm does the narrator and Tony Fry visit?

4. What is a Japanese AKA boat?

5. Admiral Kester is the leader of the attack on the island of ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the Remittance Man?

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

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

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

5. Who is Ensign Bill Harbison and what is his role?

6. Who is Captain Samuel Kelley and for what is he responsible in the "Alligator" operation?

7. Who is Emile De Becque and what is Nellie's relationship to him?

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

9. Why is Bill Harbison called a social snob?

10. What is the job of the Remittance Man?

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