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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Coastwatchers of Buka see in Chapter 14?
(a) A large group of Japanese submarines.
(b) A large group of Japanese planes.
(c) A large group of Japanese destroyers.
(d) A large group of Japanese landing barges.

2. What position is Pickering elevated to?
(a) Supply Division Officer.
(b) Division Executive officer
(c) Intelligence Division Officer.
(d) First Sergeant.

3. What does Pickering call upon to rationalize his behavior?
(a) Marine lore.
(b) His conscience.
(c) Army lore.
(d) Navy lore.

4. What shocks the reader?
(a) Pickering's choice of a replacement.
(b) Pickering's decision to go to battle.
(c) Pickering's decision to leave.
(d) Pickering's decision to fly solo.

5. What does Moore receive after delivering the message?
(a) A letter from his father.
(b) A letter from mother.
(c) A letter from his lawyer.
(d) A letter from Barbara.

6. How many destroyers unload supplies in Guadalcanal?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

7. Why does David Schneider have difficulty understanding the issue mentioned in Question #111?
(a) Schneider is brutal in wartime.
(b) Schneider is oblivious to how others feel about him.
(c) Schneider is by the book.
(d) Schneider follows Galloway without question.

8. Who can Ellen not reach at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) Dailey.
(b) Moore.
(c) Banning.
(d) Pickering.

9. What message do the Naval officers bring on Guadalcanal?
(a) That Pickering must be promoted.
(b) That Pickering must keep a low profile if he decides to stay.
(c) That Pickering must return with them.
(d) That Pickering must be arrested.

10. What message does Moore agree to pass on to Major Banning?
(a) That Colonel Dailey wants to meet him.
(b) That Colonel Dailey wants Pickering to be assigned to his team.
(c) That Colonel Dailey wants to be assigned to him.
(d) That Colonel Dailey wants a favor from him.

11. Where is Fowler's office?
(a) The Foster Lafayette Hotel.
(b) The Pentagon.
(c) The Capitol.
(d) The US senate building.

12. What is Pickering put in charge of?
(a) Medical care on the island.
(b) Food on the island.
(c) Ammunition on the island.
(d) Intelligence on the island.

13. What does Knox tell Admiral Nimitz?
(a) To get Pickering off Guadalcanal.
(b) To get Pickering arrested.
(c) To get Moore on Guadalcanal.
(d) To have Moore arrested.

14. What are Vandergrift's orders for Pickering?
(a) To arrest him.
(b) To send him to safety as quickly as possible.
(c) To keep him.
(d) To give him a fighting unit to command.

15. What instructions has Pickering received?
(a) To stay safe.
(b) To lead by example.
(c) Not to place himself in harm's way.
(d) To balance his time well.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many women attend the reunion in Chapter 10?

2. What is George Dailey's rank?

3. What does Ellen Feller fear her husband hid?

4. What does Ellen think of Dailey?

5. Where did Stecker first meet Pickering?

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