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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 through 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After getting off the boat, how does Charley get to headquarters?
(a) On another boat.
(b) On a train.
(c) On a helicopter.
(d) On a bus.

2. What does Michael Demarest threaten to do with Charley?
(a) Make him join the army.
(b) Send him to a home for incorrigibles.
(c) Send him to war.
(d) Adopt him.

3. At the end of the boat trip, an officer tells Charlie that he can be what?
(a) A captain.
(b) A member of the ROTC.
(c) A soldier.
(d) The regiment's new drummer boy.

4. Charley is thrilled to be assigned to what regiment?
(a) The 140th -- Johnny's old regiment.
(b) The 222nd -- Con's regiment.
(c) The 22nd regiment.
(d) The 101st Airborne.

5. Con abandons Charley to do what on board the ship?
(a) Drink and gamble.
(b) Write letters home.
(c) Read and write.
(d) Smoke and dance.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the ship, Charley notices that Con has what item that belonged to someone else?

2. Con tells Charley that he can become what?

3. What gang was Charley's brother Johnny a member of before he joined the army?

4. Who does Charley meet again on the train?

5. What is the nickname for a New York police officer in the novel?

(see the answer key)

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