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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. Where is Njiru when the headhunt is complete?
(a) In the clouds.
(b) With Emele.
(c) In a canoe.
(d) On an island.

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

3. What does Emele need to be successful in order to end her crouching?
(a) Stick gathering.
(b) The eclipse.
(c) Game hunting.
(d) The headhunt.

4. What condition are the villages of France in?
(a) Pristine.
(b) Run down.
(c) Plentiful.
(d) Ruins.

5. Billy's living conditions in Part 2, Chapter 11 are in what condition?
(a) Half pigsty and half kitchen.
(b) Booby trapped by the French.
(c) Under siege.
(d) Half cowshed and half outdoor toilet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Billy write a letter to at the end of Part 3, Chapter 17?

2. Who dies at the end of Part 3, Chapter 18?

3. What happens to Ngea's skull?

4. What do the soldiers do on Sunday mornings?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 11, how do the enlisted men spend their mornings?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is ironic about Billy's death?

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

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

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

7. What is Billy's state of mind in Part 2, Chapter 13?

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

9. What are some negatives that Billy experiences in Part 2, Chapter 13?

10. What smell brings Billy joy and why?

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