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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 are those who died in the exercise only allowed to take during the next three days?
(a) Codeine
(b) Anti depressants
(c) Vitamins and water
(d) Vodka

2. To what rank has Stott been promoted?
(a) General
(b) Sub-major
(c) Field marshall
(d) Major

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

4. What do the troops leave on the floor once the hole is deep enough?
(a) A Russian
(b) A timed bomb
(c) A hydrogen bomb
(d) A Tauran

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the general think Mandella and Marygay should stay in the army?

2. What does the company use to dig holes into the rocky surface of Charon?

3. What does Mandella think that the insides of the animals look like?

4. Where do the troops spend the vast amount of their journey to Charon?

5. Who divides the platoon into three firing squads?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe a fighting suit.

2. How was Mandella a success in training in Chapter 7?

3. Why are the heating mechanisms turned off in the opening chapter?

4. What problems does Mandella voice about Potter at the beginning of Chapter 7?

5. What are the students' responses to the film?

6. What mistake does Mandella make in training at the beginning of Chapter 7?

7. With what have the platoon commanders been pre-programmed?

8. Why does Cortez state capital punishment is usually unnecessary?

9. Describe Sergeant Cortez.

10. How has Stargate changed since the last time Mandella was there?

(see the answer keys)

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