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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Japanese General that might attack Guadacanal and take Henderson Field?
(a) Banning.
(b) Pickering.
(c) Oblensky.
(d) Hyakutake.

2. Who is the captain of the US Army Air Corps that does not support the flight arrangements of Banning, Pick, and Galloway?
(a) Dawkins.
(b) Dillon.
(c) Davidson.
(d) Easterbrook.

3. Who describes a report of Japanese ships off the Santa Cruz Islands and an all out attack on Guadalcanal?
(a) Rickabee.
(b) Banning.
(c) Roosevelt.
(d) MacArthur.

4. What does Dillon promise to give the nurse for taking good care of Easterbook while they are in Washington?
(a) Lots of money.
(b) A new penthouse.
(c) Free travel miles.
(d) Connections to producers.

5. Who brings Dillon a bag of film as the plane is getting readied for departure to Espiritu Santo?
(a) Davidson.
(b) Jason.
(c) Dawkings.
(d) Easterbrook.

6. Who is part of a photojournalist team on Guadacanal?
(a) Easterbrook.
(b) Dillon.
(c) Marks.
(d) Pickering.

7. At Espiritu Santu, what is Rear Admiral Daniel Wagam about to take off in?
(a) A seaplane.
(b) A car.
(c) A train.
(d) A boat.

8. Who will be in charge of the bond tour and the training of war correspondents at Hollywood studios and based in California?
(a) Hoover.
(b) MacArthur.
(c) McCoy.
(d) Dillon.

9. When Easterbrook feels sick on the road trip to Los Angeles, what does McCoy think it is?
(a) Chicken pox.
(b) Sleeping sickness.
(c) Diarrhea.
(d) Malaria.

10. What does Galloway and his fellow aviator fail to show when they are forced to land after the bombing?
(a) Fear.
(b) Anger.
(c) Joy.
(d) Anxiety.

11. With whom does Pickering have dinner with and discuss the MAGIC intercepts and the fact that the VMF-229 has been withdrawn from combat?
(a) Hastings.
(b) MacArthur.
(c) Roosevelt.
(d) Hoover.

12. What is McCoy going to receive as an award in Washington?
(a) First Stripe.
(b) Purple Heart.
(c) Medal of Honor.
(d) Golden Heart.

13. What analysis was under the command of Fleming Pickering?
(a) Office of Management.
(b) Office of Business.
(c) Office of Economics.
(d) Office of Accounting.

14. Who used to be a Hollywood press agent before becoming a photojournalist?
(a) Pickering.
(b) Easterbrook.
(c) Dillon.
(d) Hassenfeffor.

15. Who does not feel that MacArthur and Nimitz are doing all they can to protect the Americans from the Japanese attack?
(a) Knox.
(b) Pickering.
(c) Roosevelt.
(d) Banning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was mentioned in a memo from the Secretary of the Navy and a member of the combat correspondents?

2. What organization does the Office of Strategic Services evolve into?

3. Who is the Technical Sergeant with Jake talking to Major General Vandegrift at Headquarters?

4. Who does Banning warn Pickering to be cautious about as betraying his secrets?

5. What does Banning give Pickering that is worse than Pickering thought it would be when they look at film footage together?

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