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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. How much did Frank make while he was training for his new job?
(a) $47.50.
(b) $45.00.
(c) $52.50.
(d) $35.00.

2. What did the bartender at Costello's tell Frank he had to read before he could come back to the bar?
(a) Sayings of Dr. Johnson.
(b) The Lives of the English Poets.
(c) The History of Rasselas.
(d) The Journey to the Western Islands.

3. When Frank had to write about an author he'd like to meet, who did he write about?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) George Bernard Shaw.
(c) Bram Stoker.
(d) Jonathan Swift.

4. How old was Frank's brother Michael when he left school?
(a) 14.
(b) 12.
(c) 13.
(d) 15.

5. How old was Frank's brother Alfie when he banged a spoon on the table and chanted, "Tomentin' dreams, tomentin' dreams"?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did Corporal Dunphy lend Frank?

2. How often, as company clerk, did Frank have to take company bedding to a military laundry?

3. When Frank became the colonel's orderly, what was the name of the colonel's driver?

4. What type of food had Frank tried to get into the Sixty-eight Street Playhouse when he went there one time with the food in his hand?

5. Where did Jerry Kerrisk want to go on Memorial Day?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why, when Frank had ten more days of his furlough, did he wish that he only had ten minutes?

2. What happened to Uncle Pa's lungs?

3. How did Frank get to New York City when the ship docked in Albany?

4. How was Frank able to stay in the hospital after his eyes healed?

5. Why did Frank have to look for a lost napkin when he was working at the Biltmore?

6. Why wasn't Corporal Dunphy kicked out of the army long ago?

7. Why was Di Angelo confined to barracks the weekend that Frank lost his three-day pass?

8. How did Frank get the grease off his fatigues after he had KP duty?

9. How did Frank learn to type the company reports quickly?

10. How did Corporal Dunphy show Frank how to clean his rifle?

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