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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 motivates Billy to fight in France?
(a) The Medal of Honor.
(b) Lack of a life plan.
(c) Violent tendencies.
(d) Hatred for the French.

2. What kind of healer is Njiru?
(a) A faith healer.
(b) A reiki practicioner.
(c) A witch doctor.
(d) The head of neurology.

3. What condition is Elinor in when she meets Billy?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Drunk.
(c) Angry.
(d) Ill.

4. What news does Billy receive at the beginning of Part 1, Chapter 3?
(a) He is going back to France.
(b) His fiance is leaving him.
(c) Hallet has died.
(d) He has cancer.

5. What was Dr. Rivers called as a boy?
(a) Roger.
(b) Franklin.
(c) Billy.
(d) Will.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ada do on Saturday nights?

2. Does Dr. Rivers want Billy to fight?

3. How can the character Billy be described?

4. What does Billy label his fellow soldiers?

5. What war does Billy want to fight in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the speech impediment Dr. Rivers had as a youth and what caused it.

2. Describe Billy's last night in London.

3. What is the benefit of being an officer instead of a soldier?

4. What is the irony in the lifestyle the officers are living in Part 2, Chapter 9?

5. On the steamer, what is Brennan's intent with Dr. Rivers and how does he go about it?

6. How does Dr. Rivers feel about Billy returning to war and why?

7. Explain the health problem Wansbeck suffers from.

8. Why does Billy try to downplay his asthma to the medical board?

9. Why is it ironic that Mitchell does not ask Billy about shell shock in front of the medical board?

10. In Part 2, Chapter 9, how does Billy feel about the choice he made to return to France to fight?

(see the answer keys)

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