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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 does Harrington attempt and fail at while at war?
(a) Bombing a small village.
(b) Defecting.
(c) Helping a friend who is dying.
(d) Shooting a soldier.

2. Dr. Rivers hears a girl meets for sex with how many boys?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Six.
(d) Zero.

3. In Part 2, Chapter 11, how do the enlisted men spend their afternoons?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Playing games.
(c) Doing drills.
(d) Fighting.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Dr. Rivers at the end of Part 3, Chapter 16?

2. Where does Part 2, Chapter 13 take place?

3. In Dr. Rivers' dream about Ngea's widow, whose face is she wearing in hut?

4. What sound do the soldiers often hear?

5. What does Njiru wear in Part 2, Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is headhunting?

3. Who is Ngea? Describe his death.

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

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

6. After Ngea's seance, what is left on Dr. Rivers's pillow? What does it signify?

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

8. Who is with Hallett during his death?

9. What smell brings Billy joy and why?

10. Describe Dr. Rivers's dream about his sister Catherine in Part 2, Chapter 12.

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