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

2. Luther Billis is described as looking somewhat like a ______________.
(a) pirate.
(b) choir boy.
(c) clown.
(d) football player.

3. What item has Luther gone in search of on the island?
(a) Geisha girls.
(b) Japanese Samurai swords.
(c) Saki.
(d) Boars' tusks.

4. Admiral Kester orders an airstrip built on the tiny island of ____________.
(a) New Hebrides.
(b) Vanuatu.
(c) Konora.
(d) Papua.

5. Who is Bloody Mary's daughter that had sex with Joe Cable?
(a) Tula.
(b) Liat.
(c) Pae.
(d) Mai.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the nun who prepares a meal at the hospital?

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

3. Who is Bill Harbison's wife?

4. What type of business does Bloody Mary run?

5. Why do the men create serious pranks during this time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Joe lie when the men talk about becoming intimate with native girls?

4. What are the conditions that have the Seabees overworked and frazzled?

5. Who is Lt. Joe Cable?

6. Why is Joe conflicted by his orders to shut down Bloody Mary's trading post?

7. Who is Latouche Barzan and what is her relationship with Bus Adams?

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

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

10. For what is Tony Fry well known and what does he convince Bus Adams to do to help him?

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