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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Walter hope the rescue would bring according to Chapter 21?
(a) An assignment as an instructor.
(b) More recruits.
(c) Good assignments for him and his men.
(d) A promotion.

2. Who converged on the paratroopers as they landed?
(a) Villagers.
(b) Wandik.
(c) The survivors.
(d) Women.

3. How did the medics find the survivors?
(a) They used a map.
(b) The natives showed them.
(c) They followed the smoke signals.
(d) McCollom came to great them.

4. What did the natives use to cover what the survivors and the paratrooper left behind?
(a) Horse blood.
(b) The blood of their enemies.
(c) Pig blood.
(d) The blood of the females.

5. What did the survivors hope planes would bring?
(a) More food.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Pain killers.
(d) Alcohol.

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

7. How many of Walther's men volunteered for the mission?
(a) All of them.
(b) 6 of them.
(c) 12 or them.
(d) 8 of them.

8. What plane dropped the medics?
(a) C-47.
(b) C-46.
(c) B-24.
(d) B-29.

9. Where were the pigs kept in the villages?
(a) In the women's hut.
(b) With the horses.
(c) In the men's hut.
(d) In a pen outside the camp.

10. What did McCollom report to the plane in Chapter 14?
(a) There were 10 other survivors at the camp site.
(b) That he was the only survivor.
(c) No other survivors.
(d) Everyone survived.

11. What did reporters fail to publicize?
(a) The role of Walter.
(b) The role that Prossen played in the crash.
(c) The role of the Philippino paratroopers.
(d) The role of the medics.

12. What was Babcock's rank?
(a) Lieutenant Colonel.
(b) Captain.
(c) Major.
(d) Lieutenant.

13. What did Wimayuk Wandik tell his children the spirit carried?
(a) Flying machine.
(b) Good food.
(c) Powerful weapons.
(d) A bad smell.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the survivors ready to get out of the clearing?

2. Why was Walter sent back to the U.S.?

3. What plane did McCollom contact in Chapter 14?

4. What did a medic pour on Decker's wounds?

5. What did the survivors try to give the natives as a gift?

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