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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ellen Feller finish at Water Lily Cottage?
(a) Her bath.
(b) Her polo match.
(c) Her horse backriding.
(d) Her tennis match.

2. Why was Dailey's status as a pilot rescinded?
(a) He wasn't good enough at math.
(b) He tried to fly home to the US with his plane.
(c) He has a heart murmur.
(d) He is not good.

3. Who does Lt Donnelly send to fetch Moore at the start of Chapter 11?
(a) Shanna.
(b) Sophie.
(c) Daphne.
(d) Maria.

4. How many men does Captain Goettge take on patrol?
(a) 30 men.
(b) 15 men.
(c) 25 men.
(d) 20 men.

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

6. What does the first plane landing on Guadalcanal leave the island with?
(a) Letters from soldiers.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Two wounded soldiers.

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

8. Why is Dailey's reputation tarnished?
(a) He fell for a British woman,
(b) He fell for a Gapanese woman.
(c) He fell for an African American woman.
(d) He fell for a German woman.

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

10. What could Hon and Pickering face if someone found about Moore?
(a) Reasignment to the front.
(b) Court martial and death.
(c) Court martial and prison.
(d) Dishonnorable discharge.

11. Why do the Marines at Guadalcanal feel abandoned?
(a) The US Air Force stop its bombing run.
(b) They don't have maps of the area.
(c) Their dead officers are not replaced.
(d) The US Navy pulls off the island.

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

13. What does Moore think of the security at The Elms?
(a) It is lax.
(b) It is better than the U.S Navy HQ.
(c) It the highest he could imagine.
(d) It is almost invisible.

14. What does Ellen try to do, but fails at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) Get Dailey to spy on Moore.
(b) Get Moore to marry her.
(c) Prevent Moore from living.
(d) Get Moore to pass a letter to Pickering.

15. Who is being considered as replacements to Goettge, Cory and Ringer?
(a) Dailey and Moore.
(b) Moore alone.
(c) Moore and Hon.
(d) Hon and Dailey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ellen think of her decision to sleep with Pickering?

2. What does Ellen think of Dailey?

3. Why does David Schneider have difficulty understanding the issue mentioned in Question #111?

4. What does Vandergrift order at the start of Chapter 16?

5. How many messages does Hon bring to MacArthur?

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