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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Margaret decide to do in Chapter 18?
(a) Take a shower.
(b) Take a bath.
(c) Go for a swim.
(d) Let the natives bathe her.

2. What did the native do with what the survivors and the paratroopers left behind?
(a) They put them in a cave as a sacred place.
(b) They ate it.
(c) They used them to fight their enemies.
(d) The burned it.

3. What did Elsmore allow at the start of Chapter 20?
(a) A film crew to fly overhead.
(b) Journalists to interview via radio.
(c) The press to be made aware of the rescue mission.
(d) The press to send a camera man down.

4. What plane was supposed to drop Walter's supplies?
(a) A B-29.
(b) A B-24.
(c) A C-47.
(d) A C-46.

5. What was Babcock's position at the private military school?
(a) Chair of science.
(b) Chair of mathematics.
(c) Chair of physical education.
(d) Chair of philosophy.

6. Where were Walter and his men supposed to be sent to after going back to Hollandia?
(a) Guadalcanal.
(b) Japan.
(c) The Philippines.
(d) Guam.

7. When were the medics dropped in the valley according to Chapter 16?
(a) May 19, 1945.
(b) May 9, 1945.
(c) May 29, 1945.
(d) May 16, 1945.

8. What supplies were dropped after Walter reached the survivor's camp?
(a) Funeral supplies.
(b) Medical supplies.
(c) Food.
(d) Letters from home.

9. How many medics were dropped?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

10. Why was Walter sent back to the U.S.?
(a) His father wanted him to join the army.
(b) His father wanted to remarry.
(c) His father didn't want him there when the Japanese attacked.
(d) His father wanted him to have an education.

11. What was Walter warned about by his superiors in Chapter 15?
(a) That he would be fired if he was not successful.
(b) That he would be the first to jump.
(c) That his men might not be rescued.
(d) That he would be held responsible for any failure.

12. How many children did Wimayuk Wandik have?
(a) 7.
(b) 10.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

13. What were Walter and his men waiting for in Chapter 19?
(a) For the natives to give them food.
(b) For one of the men to find food in the rainforest.
(c) For a food drop.
(d) For the medics to appear.

14. What did McCollom tell the plane above about the planned jump?
(a) That they needed medical attention immediately.
(b) That the natives were suspicious.
(c) That the terrain was dangerous.
(d) That they shouldn't jump and risk their own lives.

15. How long after the medics did Walter and his men jump into the valley according to Chapter 17?
(a) A day.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 4 days.
(d) 3 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the survivors and the paratrooper leave behind as they moved out of the clearing?

2. Who was the lookout to locate the crates dropped form the plane in Chapter 14?

3. What did reporters fail to publicize?

4. What was Walter's concern about the mission?

5. What part of Margaret's body was black and white?

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