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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rico hear Zim requesting?
(a) Better weapons
(b) A transfer
(c) More women
(d) New recruits

2. Who does the girl quote when she says violence never settles anything?
(a) Dubois
(b) Her mother
(c) Her father
(d) President Washington

3. Who refuses to speak to Rico?
(a) His father
(b) His mother
(c) Ibanez
(d) Carl

4. Which of the following is not a type of suit?
(a) A glimpse
(b) Command
(c) Scout
(d) A marauder

5. What order did Hendrick disobey?
(a) To stop laughing
(b) To fire
(c) To drop his weapon
(d) To freeze

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Rico's friends persuaded him to join the MI?

2. What is Juan's nickname?

3. Who is the novel's main character?

4. What does Jenkins wonder about Zim?

5. Why does Rico think the instructors are impersonal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the best way to fight the Bugs?

2. What is Rico's father's problem with Rico joining the army?

3. Why does Rico find it difficult to adjust to army life?

4. Why does the fleet sergeant think Rico has done well to joint the MI?

5. In what ways does training becoming harder in Chapter 4?

6. What is Rico's responsibility in Chapter 6?

7. Why are most pilots women?

8. How does Zim respond to Hendrick's criticism of him?

9. Describe Rico's punishment.

10. What does a soldier use his facial muscles for inside a power suit?

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