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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 is Billy writing in at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 11?
(a) A map.
(b) His journal.
(c) A newspaper.
(d) The bible.

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

3. Does Dr. Rivers plan to interfere with Emele's crouching stance?
(a) Only if she faints.
(b) Only if Billy arrives on site.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

4. What worries Dr. Rivers during his dream in Part 2, Chapter 12?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Kathleen's health.
(d) Emele's fate.

5. Who cares for Dr. Rivers in Part 2, Chapter 10?
(a) A fellow doctor.
(b) His sister.
(c) His landlady.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sounds awakens Dr. Rivers when Ngea dies?

2. What type of weather does Dr. Rivers remember from Eddystone?

3. When Billy needs his gas mask, what happens?

4. Dr. Rivers hears a girl meets for sex with how many boys?

5. Billy is afraid his battalion will do what in Part 3, Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is headhunting?

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

3. What is Billy struggling with emotionally at the beginning of Part 3, Chapter 17?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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