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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what was the sanitarium built?
(a) Recovering war veterans.
(b) Severe mental disabilities.
(c) KGB labs.
(d) The use of alcoholics and recovering drug addicts.

2. How does Raymond refer to each event in sequence?
(a) In the past tense.
(b) In the present tense.
(c) In the future tense.
(d) In the conditional tense.

3. What type of conditioning does Dr. Yen Lo and his crew of neuropsychiatrists use to create the perfect assassin?
(a) Edwardian.
(b) Freudian.
(c) Maslow.
(d) Pavlovian.

4. Why does Raymond suggest that Marco force an investigation by initiating his own court-martial and charging himself with falsifying the report that led to Shaw's medal?
(a) This is the only way to make sure their problem cannot be ignored.
(b) Raymond is afraid he will get into trouble.
(c) Raymond wants Marco to get into trouble.
(d) Marco has been untrustworthy.

5. Where does Shaw's mother shove Senator Johnny Iselin, Raymond's hated stepfather, for a photo op?
(a) In the car.
(b) On the stage.
(c) Up the boarding ramp.
(d) On the float.

6. Why has a local reporter come by to interview Shaw?
(a) The reporter is an old friend of Shaw's.
(b) Shaw's heroism has granted him celebrity.
(c) Shaw has become an anti-war protestor.
(d) Shaw was injured in the war.

7. What happens to Major Marco's condition?
(a) It no longer exists.
(b) It grows worse.
(c) It improves.
(d) It stays the same.

8. What does Raymond do to O'Neill?
(a) He slams a door in his face.
(b) He hugs him.
(c) He yells at him.
(d) He punches him in the face.

9. What do Raymond and Jocie begin?
(a) A romance.
(b) A disagreement.
(c) A fling.
(d) A friendship.

10. What does Marco do upon returning from Korea?
(a) He moves in with his girlfriend.
(b) He finds his own apartment.
(c) He takes up residence in Raymond's apartment.
(d) He moves back home.

11. What is Marco trying to remember?
(a) His dream.
(b) The reason why he moved in with Raymond.
(c) What happened before the war.
(d) Where he is from.

12. What does Marco do one night?
(a) He wakes up screaming and twisting in the bed.
(b) He throws Raymond out of the apartment.
(c) He moves out.
(d) He does not bring women home.

13. What does the senator tell Jocie about Raymond?
(a) He has died.
(b) He is gay.
(c) He does not love her.
(d) He has joined the army.

14. Why does Raymond's mother have no regrets?
(a) She loves her son.
(b) She is an American.
(c) She has always done what is right.
(d) She is working for a greater good.

15. What does Shaw attend?
(a) The party for his boss's birthday.
(b) The holiday office party.
(c) A meeting with his boss and O'Neil.
(d) The dinner O'Neil organizes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Marco change Shaw's whole world?

2. Why did Raymond's mother choose Shaw for a husband?

3. What is the American patrol is quickly conditioned to believe?

4. If Marco signs paperwork agreeing not to pursue investigation, what will happen to him?

5. How does Raymond feel about the events surrounding the divorce?

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