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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pick go for breakfast?
(a) The Waffle House.
(b) The motel coffee shop.
(c) The International Pancake House.
(d) Denny's.

2. Who is Martha with when Pick and Stecker see her?
(a) Lieutenant Capson.
(b) Captain Wentworth.
(c) Major Jones.
(d) Captain Carstairs.

3. What has just occurred in the life of the woman Pick meets at breakfast?
(a) She just became engaged.
(b) Her father was killed in Germany.
(c) Her husband was killed at Pearl Harbor.
(d) Her mother just remarried.

4. With whom is Carlson close friends which helps his clout?
(a) The head of the National Security Agency.
(b) The President.
(c) The Naval Head of the Joint Chief of Staff.
(d) The President's son, James Roosevelt.

5. Who does Banning go to tell he is fine?
(a) Major Reaves.
(b) Captain MacGregor.
(c) Colonel Harris.
(d) Captain Stecker.

6. With what weapon did McCoy kill two Italian Marines?
(a) A sword.
(b) A knife.
(c) A bayonet.
(d) A rifle.

7. What does McCoy allow the pilot to do after take off?
(a) Call in so an ambulance is waiting for them.
(b) Give him a shot of morphine.
(c) Replace his bandages.
(d) Replace the stiches that have come out.

8. What rank has Malcolm Pickering acquired?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Second Lieutenant.
(c) Major.
(d) Captain.

9. How did Pick respond to the air maneuvers the flight instructors does?
(a) He grins.
(b) He throws up.
(c) He doesn't notice it.
(d) He gets frightened.

10. Who is the commander of the Pickerel?
(a) Lieutenant Commander George L. Johnson.
(b) Commander Peter "Sub" Redmond.
(c) Lieutenant Commander Edgar F. "Red" MacGregor.
(d) Captain Lewis Blackburn.

11. Where do Pick and his friend decide to stay during flight school?
(a) In one of Pick's family's motels.
(b) At Pick's penthouse.
(c) In a rented beach cottage.
(d) With Pick's cousin.

12. What soldiers is the Pickerel carrying who are not part of the crew?
(a) Five navy Admirals.
(b) Seventeen rescued prisoners of war.
(c) Ten blind Marines.
(d) Two intelligence officers.

13. Where did Ernie and McCoy meet after he called her in Chapter VI?
(a) Thirteenth Street Station.
(b) Near the bus station.
(c) At Pick's house.
(d) Central Park.

14. How does Colonel Carlson use the name Killer McCoy?
(a) To motivate McCoy.
(b) As motivation for his group.
(c) To shame McCoy.
(d) To tease McCoy.

15. How does Captain Carstairs feel about Pick's appearance?
(a) Very pleased.
(b) He doesn't care about Pick's clothes.
(c) Not pleased.
(d) He is outraged.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of company does Ernie's father own?

2. What is an enlisted man who becomes an officer called in slang?

3. At what location was Mccoy wounded?

4. What does Colonel Wesley think Carlson might want to do?

5. Where did Banning leave his wife?

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