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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Brockley Air Force Base's location defined by people in the military?
(a) Ideal.
(b) Awkward.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Troublesome.

2. In Chapter 3, what does Lemper point out as a problem area?
(a) Rail transport.
(b) Honesty in the office.
(c) Personnel turnover.
(d) File maintenance.

3. What year is it when the trains are ordered back to Fort Hood at the end of the missile crisis?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1965.

4. What happens when Lowell's plane approaches MacDill Air Force Base in Chapter 2?
(a) They are told they can't land.
(b) A storm kicks up.
(c) They have to refuel.
(d) They are forced to land on the grass.

5. In Chapter 2, why is Lowell directed to the MacDill Air Force Base?
(a) Because they need help landing planes.
(b) Because of a naval blockade.
(c) Because he is being deployed.
(d) Because the president told him to.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, what is Lowell told to do to make up for landing the plane?

2. In Chapter 6, what do the Marines find of Parker's?

3. Why does Denn visit a South Dakota farm in Chapter 2?

4. In Chapter 2, what does Denn say surprises him about the military?

5. In Chapter 4, what does Lemper say after watching Lowell work?

(see the answer key)

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