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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What poem does Cortez recite in this chapter?
(a) The harmony poem
(b) The trigger poem
(c) The poem of death
(d) The staying alive poem

2. What does Stott say that training should be considered?
(a) Training
(b) A combat situation
(c) A party
(d) Work

3. What are both Mandella and Potter leading?
(a) Their own ships
(b) Their own strike forces
(c) Army training
(d) Their own nuclear bases

4. What does Mandella notice on Marygay's leg?
(a) A scar
(b) A bruise
(c) A tattoo
(d) A varicose vein

5. What does Marygay give Mandella once they arrive back at the billet?
(a) A slap
(b) A kiss
(c) A kick
(d) A talking to

6. What is the laser designed to do?
(a) Slice the victim into many parts
(b) Blind its victim
(c) Deafen the victim
(d) Warn the victim

7. What do Rogers and Mandella do together during the night?
(a) Play cards
(b) Cry
(c) Fornicate
(d) Talk

8. What kind of time are Mandella and his troops living in?
(a) Subjective time
(b) Objective time
(c) Time drag
(d) Pointless time

9. What part of his body does the private next to Mandella lose?
(a) His head
(b) His arm
(c) His foot
(d) His leg

10. What does team A do when team B loses three members?
(a) Sings a victory song
(b) Moves closer in
(c) Launches a grenade attack
(d) Retreats

11. Who requests Mandella to report to the briefing room?
(a) The field marshall
(b) The commodore
(c) The captain
(d) The sub major

12. What does one of the men break on his fighting suit?
(a) His heat exchanger
(b) His zip
(c) His oxygen supply
(d) His cooling fan

13. Why does Cortez say that capital punishment is the only punishment for not following orders?
(a) Because they cannot afford to lose the war
(b) Because disobedience means death anyway
(c) Because it makes people listen
(d) Because that is the way it is

14. What do Marygay and Mandella have the pick of if they decide to rejoin the army?
(a) Troops
(b) Non-combat assignments
(c) Ships
(d) Their rank

15. What does Cortez draw a map of in this chapter?
(a) The planet
(b) The enemy base
(c) Earth
(d) His home town

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name given for the suits?

2. What is the name of the female recruit who questions the sergeant about the film?

3. Which of the following words best describes the Tauran ship?

4. Where are Mandella and the other troops building a bridge?

5. Who becomes a fully-functional member of the crew again?

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