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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 does McCoy realize about the beginning of the Platoon Leader's Course?
(a) It is slow.
(b) It is like boot camp.
(c) It is difficult.
(d) It is boring.

2. To what building is the restaurant that McCoy wants to meet his date for lunch located next to?
(a) Neiman Marcus'.
(b) JC Penney's.
(c) Brooks Brother's.
(d) Macy's.

3. Who does Stecker befriend by the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Banning.
(b) Schuster.
(c) Macklin.
(d) McCoy.

4. Who hands McCoy a can of beer at his inspection?
(a) Pleasant.
(b) Schuster.
(c) Pick.
(d) Banning.

5. Who has never seen Washington DC and therefore goes sightseeing?
(a) Banning.
(b) McCoy.
(c) Sessions.
(d) Pick.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is waiting to see Stecker in his office when he returns from the shooting range?

2. Who talks to McCoy and leaves her friends to spend the evening at the party with him?

3. Who has been put on report for every inspection Macklin was involved in?

4. After visiting his family, where does McCoy spend the night?

5. Whose parents watch the graduation ceremony at the Platoon Leader Course?

Short Essay Questions

1. When McCoy reports for his first assignment as courier, what is he shocked to discover?

2. How does McCoy clean the rifle given to him by Corporal Pleasant prior to inspection?

3. Why does McCoy advise Pick to not be too chummy at the Platoon Leader's Course?

4. How does Pick reveal his loyalty to his friend McCoy on Thanksgiving?

5. Who is Ernestine Sage, and why does McCoy spend time with her at Pick's party?

6. When McCoy visits his family, who does he meet and why do they think he is successful?

7. What are two odd experiences McCoy has in the building when he arrives to work in intelligence?

8. How does Stecker realize that the trouble with the Garand rifle and the tests is not McCoy but due to Macklin?

9. Why does Tommy apply to the Marines?

10. When Macklin is being sent home by the Marines, how and why do they assign him as a mess officer?

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