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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Miss Girard ask Pulver to call a boat?
(a) She has begun to feel sea sick.
(b) She finds Pulver boring.
(c) She dislikes how rowdy the sailors are.
(d) She needs to get back to the hospital.

2. Why does Roberts shut off the radio?
(a) There is too much static to hear the reports.
(b) He decides to try and take a nap.
(c) Only songs in foreign languages are playing.
(d) The reports about the war action make him angry.

3. Who has already typed up the transfer letter for Roberts once the news comes out that men are needed to transfer to combat?
(a) Dowdy.
(b) Dolan.
(c) Pulver.
(d) Doc.

4. Who is going to go with Roberts to the island so that they can have their liberty?
(a) O'Neal.
(b) The Captain.
(c) Doc.
(d) Gerhard.

5. How many groups of injured soldiers have been returned to the cargo ship?
(a) Nine.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dowdy request from Roberts as they unload the cargo?

2. What position does Miss Girard hold for the nurses?

3. What do Roberts and the Captain hear coming from the port while they are arguing about liberty?

4. Besides the nearby island, on what does Dowdy comment when he first joins Roberts?

5. At the beginning of the play, with which shipmate is Roberts talking?

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