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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 phantasms asking Sassoon?
(a) Where to get some food.
(b) When he will join them.
(c) To give them some water.
(d) Why he is not at war.

2. What is Billy's nickname?
(a) Fledgling Soldier.
(b) The Canary.
(c) Captain Hook.
(d) The Goat.

3. In Part 2, Chapter 11, how do the enlisted men spend their mornings?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Watching the news.
(d) Talking politics.

4. In Part 3, Chapter 17, what type of weapons do Billy's battalion fear they will march against?
(a) Grenades.
(b) Guns.
(c) Swords.
(d) Machetes.

5. Whose hut does Dr. Rivers dream of approaching in Part 2, Chapter 12?
(a) Billy's.
(b) Emele's.
(c) Sarah's.
(d) Kathleen's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where will the funeral boat take Ngea?

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

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

4. How old is the boy Njiru brings back to the village?

5. What do the officers order the troops not to believe in?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long must Ngea's widow remain in mourning and what does the mourning entail?

2. What is ironic about Billy's death?

3. What is unique about Billy's sexual conquest in Part 3, Chapter 17 and what worries him after?

4. What is headhunting?

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

6. Describe what happens in Dr. Rivers dream in Part 2, Chapter 12, when the conch shell is blown.

7. Who is Ngea? Describe his death.

8. Based on Billy's diary, describe a typical day in France for Billy.

9. What smell brings Billy joy and why?

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

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