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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job is Dalleson most confident at performing?
(a) Navigating.
(b) Logistics.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Communications.

2. In Part 2, Chapter 3, what does Hearn feel guilty over?
(a) Fighting with others.
(b) Being born in a poor family.
(c) Having dry clothes.
(d) Being an officer.

3. In Part 2, Chapter 5, as Roth thinks about his wife, what can the reader guess about her feelings toward him?
(a) She thinks he is sucessful.
(b) She thinks he worthless.
(c) She wishes to have children.
(d) She loves Roth.

4. In Part 3, Chapter 7, Hearn makes a decision about his future that he know will cause the enlisted men and officers to hate him. What is his decision?
(a) Resign his commission.
(b) Kill Croft.
(c) Inform his superiors of the men's fears.
(d) Court-martial those who did not follow his orders.

5. What does Hearn suggest when the men reach the open field?
(a) That Croft leads the men.
(b) They split up into two groups.
(c) They rest for the night.
(d) They continue marching.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Part 1, Chapter 2 opens, the men are getting ready to advance on the island. What solider does Croft feel will be killed upon landing on Anopopei?

2. Hearn's realization that the men he leads will blame him for their problems and dislike him causes what emotion?

3. How do the soldiers keep the toilet paper dry?

4. During Red's flashback the reader learns that Red began work at an early age. What type of work did Red do from age 13 to 18?

5. The groups of men carrying Wilson back to the beach are beginning to have a difficult time. They are tired and running out of water, additionally they are beginning to fight, who suggests the men leave Wilson behind?

(see the answer key)

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