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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 the Joint Chiefs of Staff hear in Chapter 1?
(a) Complaints from the citizens.
(b) A new strategy plan.
(c) A list of injuries.
(d) Directions from their president.

2. Who breaks the news that the Russians agreed to take their missiles out of Cuba?
(a) Jiggs.
(b) Boone.
(c) Harke.
(d) Howard.

3. In Chapter 2, what does Lowell learn about Cuba?
(a) The boats they captured.
(b) Their need of supplies.
(c) The missiles they are in possession of.
(d) Their president being assassinated.

4. What does Craig find when he first goes to his new apartment in Chapter 7?
(a) A typewriter.
(b) Novels.
(c) New clothes.
(d) Liquor.

5. In Chapter 3, what is Lowell told to do to make up for landing the plane?
(a) Write a letter of apology.
(b) Take a leave of absense.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Pay a fine.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, how does Howard react to Harke?

2. In Chapter 1, what does the Navy plane do to the camp?

3. Why does Lowell say he keeps an alarm system in his apartment with Ursula?

4. What happens in Chapter 5 after Boone talks about Howard and Harke?

5. In Chapter 1, what do the three Hueys do when they land at camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what does Lowell decide to do career-wise?

2. What happens when the Russians agree to remove their missiles from Cuba?

3. What is John Denn doing in Chapter 2?

4. What does Smitherman tell Lowell about moving tanks in Chapter 4?

5. What happens when Craig tries to resign in Chapter 7?

6. What does Lowell do after talking to Smitherman in Chapter 4?

7. How do the Vietnamese thwart attempts of an invasion in Chapter 6?

8. In Chapter 6, what plans do the Marines make?

9. How does Lowell get away with his emergency landing in Chapter 3?

10. In Chapter 5, how do the other characters react to Harke's dismissal?

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