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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one threat (as stated by the stage directions) that all of the men share?
(a) Losing a limb.
(b) The war.
(c) Death.
(d) Homosexuals.

2. As Cokes and Rooney are telling the men about their past, what do they say happened to O'Flannigan?
(a) He turned on his fellow soliders, and they pushed him out of a plane.
(b) During a jump gone bad, he broke both of his legs and the Army sent him home.
(c) He did not pack his shoot properly, and it did not deploy.
(d) He pulled the shoot release at 500 feet and died.

3. What did Cokes get the Silver Star for?
(a) Saving a fellow solider.
(b) Losing his leg in battle.
(c) Killing 47 Chinese.
(d) Killing 47 Vietcong.

4. As the others are leaving for town, what does Richie claim Billy is scared to death of?
(a) Roger.
(b) Showers.
(c) A cathouse.
(d) Carlyle.

5. What do Roger and Billy bring Carlyle while he is laying on the floor?
(a) The mop.
(b) Another beer.
(c) The blankets from their beds.
(d) The Playboy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Richie try to get Carlyle to leave the room peacefully after Carlyle accuses him of being rude?

2. Why does Billy claim to want to get a part-time job as a bartender?

3. What is Rooney's nickname for Cokes?

4. What division of the Army have Rooney and Cokes been in together?

5. What did Billy want to grow up to be?

(see the answer key)

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