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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Carlyle has entered Richie's room looking for Roger. What does Richie do to make Carlyle think that Richie is going to hit on him?
(a) Closes the bunk room door.
(b) Richie starts to stroke Carlyle's arm.
(c) Starts taking his clothes off.
(d) Richie starts to wink at Carlyle.

2. What initial reason does Roger give for going off base with Carlyle?
(a) Because he thinks a movie will do them both good.
(b) Because he has wheels.
(c) Because he really needs a friend.
(d) Because he thinks Carlyle needs to be watched over.

3. What does Roger make Billy do when Billy tells him he is "sick-like"?
(a) Push-ups.
(b) Take some of his pills.
(c) Drink a beer.
(d) Take a shower.

4. What does Roger say will help Billy become tougher?
(a) Becoming a bouncer.
(b) Boxing.
(c) Becoming an S.P.
(d) Learning a "fall-away" jumper.

5. What is the only book that Richie tries to read during the play?
(a) William Faulkner's, "The Sound and the Fury."
(b) Lewis Carroll's, "Behind the Looking Glass."
(c) Jo & Meg's, "Comic Tragedies."
(d) Pauline Kael's, "I Lost it at the Movies."

6. What plans about the trip does Richie find disgusting?
(a) Going to a whorehouse.
(b) Finding a male prostitute.
(c) Going to a peep show.
(d) Going to a sex shop.

7. Why does Carlyle say that Richie has the duty job that he does?
(a) Because he is weak.
(b) Because he is gay.
(c) For kissing ass
(d) Because he is dying.

8. Why does Carlyle tell Billy he will be fine in battle?
(a) He does not care if he dies.
(b) He has been dodging bullets his whole life.
(c) He plans on becoming a traitor once in Vietnam.
(d) He plans on going AWOL and never going to war.

9. Where does Richie tell Carlyle the "real Richie" has gone?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Hell.
(c) California.
(d) Flordia.

10. Richie enters the bunk room as Carlyle and Billy are discussing him. What does Richie state about Carlyle?
(a) That Carlyle is a closet homosexual.
(b) That Carlyle has not come down out of the trees yet.
(c) That Carlyle is ignorant.
(d) That Carlyle is trouble.

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

12. While discussing Richie's homosexuality, what does Carlyle claim he can "see" of Billy's?
(a) His "inner-gay."
(b) His soul.
(c) His scar.
(d) His heart.

13. Why does Carlyle think that Billy, Richie, and Roger share such a nice room?
(a) Because they are all to go to Vietnam together.
(b) Because they all enlisted at the same time.
(c) Because they are all gay.
(d) Because they all share the same duty job.

14. Why does Roger think Billy wants to get a part-time job bartending?
(a) Because of the black-haired waitress.
(b) For the money.
(c) To become tougher.
(d) To lose his virginity.

15. What does Roger take out of his locker to put on before leaving the base?
(a) A smoking jacket.
(b) A cowboy hat.
(c) Sunglasses.
(d) A duster coat.

Short Answer Questions

1. After discussing what has happened to Martin, what does Richie offer to Carlyle?

2. News regarding Martin has come in. Where is Martin going?

3. What part of the day is it at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?

4. What does Carlyle say Richie did to him when he slept on the bunk house floor?

5. What is Richie's duty job in the Army?

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