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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the troops take from the dead Japanese major?
(a) His guns.
(b) A diary.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Maps of the island.

2. What ulterior motive does Cummings have for his relationship with Hearn?
(a) Fatherly.
(b) Brotherly.
(c) Sexual.
(d) Friendship.

3. In Part 2, Chapter 2, who does Mantelli send to Croft's platoon?
(a) Glodstein .
(b) Roth.
(c) Brown.
(d) Cummings.

4. What does Cummings state he will do to anyone who retreats from the Japanese?
(a) Send them to the stockade.
(b) Revoke their medals of honor,
(c) Court-martial them.
(d) Place them on kitchen duty.

5. What profession does the reader learn Hearn wanted to enter into after graduation?
(a) Research.
(b) The family business.
(c) Military.
(d) Politics.

6. Who does Stanley begin to lose respect for after his promotion?
(a) Polack.
(b) Croft.
(c) Brown.
(d) Wilson.

7. What game does Cummings and Hearn play, after Cummings states it is his only passion?
(a) Chess.
(b) Poker.
(c) Checkers.
(d) Darts.

8. As the book opens, which solider is not taking the card game seriously and offers to give back some of his winnings?
(a) Gallagher.
(b) Croft.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Levy.

9. In Part 1, Chapter 2, why does Hennessey run out of the foxhole?
(a) The hole is bombed.
(b) He soils his pants.
(c) He wants to attack the Japanese.
(d) He is saving a friend.

10. What does Cummings feel is the nature of a woman?
(a) To provide a home.
(b) To cheat.
(c) To love.
(d) To bear children.

11. In the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 7, who throws the grenade at the Japanese soldiers?
(a) Croft.
(b) Gallagher.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Red.

12. Where do the men gather to keep dry during the storm?
(a) In their tents.
(b) In the mess hall.
(c) Between the trucks.
(d) Under trees.

13. In Martinez's flashback in Part 2, Chapter 2, what did he dream of becoming?
(a) Businessman.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Cook.

14. During Gallagher's flashback, what organization does the reader learn he joined as a teenager?
(a) Jehovah Witness.
(b) Christians United.
(c) The Communist Party.
(d) The Young Republicans.

15. Why is Cummings upset about when reviewing the air operations reports?
(a) Too complicated of an operation.
(b) Not enough time to prepare.
(c) Fights with other men.
(d) Not enough air support.

Short Answer Questions

1. What events led to Croft joining the Army?

2. Croft has a flashback and the reader learns that he joined a different branch of the military before joining the Army. What was the first branch Croft joined?

3. How do the soldiers feel about the conditions of the island?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 3, which character is upset that the officers have a higher standard of living than the soldiers?

5. During Part 2, Chapter 8, what are most of the soldiers doing?

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