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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did McCoy and her go after she met him at a party?
(a) To Central Park.
(b) To the East River.
(c) To a Chinese restaurant.
(d) To a Jewish Deli.

3. What does Pick find out when he arrives at his motel?
(a) His mother has called him.
(b) His father has been killed in action.
(c) His uncle owns the motel.
(d) His room is not ready.

4. What do most other officers want officers to be?
(a) College graduates.
(b) Obedience to all the regulations.
(c) Come from wealthy families.
(d) Snobbish.

5. When was Pick's first airplane ride?
(a) When he joined the military.
(b) It was when he was a child.
(c) On his way overseas.
(d) He was seventeen.

6. How does Ernie's mother feel about McCoy?
(a) Doesn't like him.
(b) Is indifferent to him.
(c) Loves him.
(d) Likes him.

7. Who does McCoy take Ernie to see in Chapter VII?
(a) His mother.
(b) His great uncle.
(c) His sister and brother-in-law.
(d) His brother and sister-in-law.

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

9. What does the man in question #65 ask Stecker?
(a) If he will go to the Philippines as a spy.
(b) How he feels about Carlson and what he knows.
(c) How well he knows McCoy.
(d) Where his son is living.

10. What does Carlson want to start?
(a) Two paratrooper companies.
(b) A new battalion.
(c) A black ops group.
(d) A group of elite Marines.

11. What do everyone who goes up with Pick in a plane think about his flying experience?
(a) They think he needs more.
(b) They believe he is a beginner.
(c) They don't have any opinion.
(d) They think he has flown before.

12. What did McCoy tell Ernie when he called her in Chapter VI?
(a) He was being shipped to Europe.
(b) He was going to ask her father for her hand.
(c) He was being shipped to San Diego.
(d) His brother had been shot down in England.

13. What does the flight instructor think about what Pick is eating?
(a) He hates curry.
(b) It won't be good on his stomach.
(c) He thinks the spaghetti looks good.
(d) He loves oysters.

14. What is an enlisted man who becomes an officer called in slang?
(a) Hot Dog.
(b) High Stepper.
(c) Brown noser.
(d) Mustang.

15. Why does McCoy take Ernie to see someone in Chapter VII?
(a) So his family can see her.
(b) So she will know someone he knows.
(c) He has to stop for his duffle bag.
(d) To convince her he's not good enough for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Pick meet first when he shows up for flight school?

2. What does Martha's teasing make Pick do?

3. With whom is Carlson close friends which helps his clout?

4. Why has Pick volunteered for flight training?

5. How many Chinese did McCoy kill in Shanghai?

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