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

2. The narrator is an officer at a _______________.
(a) medics station.
(b) vehicle pool.
(c) mess tent.
(d) supply depot.

3. What is so dangerous about the way Bus has to land the plane at Segi Point?
(a) There is a monsoon.
(b) There is really dense fog.
(c) It has no wheels.
(d) They are almost out of fuel.

4. Tony trades two cases of whiskey for ___________.
(a) stereo.
(b) washing machine.
(c) ice maker.
(d) jukebox.

5. What job does the narrator have during this operation?
(a) Liaison between commanders.
(b) Surveillance.
(c) Whiskey runner.
(d) KP officer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cloth does Benny give the natives that makes them very happy?

2. Who becomes Latouche's new boyfriend because he can talk about Paris, plus he is not married?

3. Which of the French sisters ends up pregnant?

4. The American soldiers will trade their pig meat for _______________.

5. What item of Luther Billis' fascinates Tony Fry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Bus and Tony want to make a stop on the island of Luana Pori?

2. How does Dr. Paul Benoway decide on not censoring Timothy Hewitt's letters to his wife?

3. What is the irony of how Kelley's discipline benefits the navy but is disastrous in his personal life?

4. What is the sacred pig ceremony that the men partake in?

5. What is Pearlstein's strategy to complete the airstrip?

6. How is Captain Kelley compared to Captain Bligh of the Bounty?

7. How does Joe rationalize that Liat is not a native savage?

8. How does Joe accept Liat's marriage to Benoit?

9. What are some of the stops Bus makes in order to find liquor for Tony?

10. Who is Achilles Barzan and why is he a fugitive?

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