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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 smell reminds Billy of home?
(a) Bacon and eggs.
(b) Cherry pie.
(c) Steak and potatoes.
(d) Vanilla.

2. During headhunting, is someone decapitated?
(a) It depends on community need.
(b) No.
(c) If the moon is full.
(d) Yes.

3. What wakes Dr. Rivers from his dream state in Part 2, Chapter 10?
(a) The doorbell.
(b) Miss Irving.
(c) The sun.
(d) Night tremors.

4. What happens to Billy in battle, as he heads across the water?
(a) He faints.
(b) He's shot.
(c) He's invincible.
(d) He has a panic attack.

5. While ill, how does Dr. Rivers get news of the war?
(a) The hospital.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) Letters from Billy.
(d) Watching the news.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emele need to be successful in order to end her crouching?

2. Who does Wansbeck admit to having conversations with?

3. What happens to Longstaffe in Part 2, Chapter 13?

4. Where is Billy assigned to fight at the end of Part 3, Chapter 15?

5. What condition are the villages of France in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is headhunting?

2. Describe Dr. Rivers's response in his feverish dreams to Emele's mourning.

3. In Part 2, Chapter 11, how does Billy describe his living conditions and why does this bother him?

4. What are many of Dr. Rivers's patients seeing in Part 3, Chapter 16?

5. What is a gas captain and who performs the duty?

6. Describe the responsibilities Billy has amassed, by Part 3, Chapter 15.

7. What provokes Dr. Rivers's dreams of Njiru?

8. Describe the cave visited by Dr. Rivers after Ngea's death.

9. What smell brings Billy joy and why?

10. By Part 3, Chapter 16, why is Dr. Rivers one of the few doctors that remain practicing?

(see the answer keys)

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