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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. How did Billy come to join the Army?
(a) Time off for good behavior from jail.
(b) Drafted.
(c) Enlisted.
(d) Part of judges orders.

2. What does Roger get caught looking at in Richie's footlocker?
(a) A picture of a naked man.
(b) A letter from the Army.
(c) A wallet.
(d) A pin-up girl's picture.

3. What division of the Army have Rooney and Cokes been in together?
(a) JAG.
(b) Special Ops.
(c) The Seals.
(d) 101st Airborne.

4. Who are the two black characters in the play?
(a) Roger and Clark.
(b) Clark and Billy.
(c) Carlyle and Roger.
(d) Billy and Martin.

5. What is Rooney's (L.B.J.) MOS?
(a) Flight coordinator.
(b) Demolitions.
(c) Weaponry.
(d) Medical technician.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does it seem impossible for Rooney to be competent in his MOS?

2. According to Cokes's and Rooney's song, what must a paratrooper count to before pulling the cord to his shoot?

3. After lights out, why does Carlyle say he is crawling on the floor?

4. As Cokes and Rooney are telling the men about their past, what do they say happened to O'Flannigan?

5. When talking about their pasts, what does Billy say his friend, Richie, did to his girlfriend one night?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Carlyle hate the Army?

2. Why does Billy get so angry at Richie for thinking that he is "Frankie"?

3. Why does Carlyle speak in the third person when talking to Richie about his (Carlyle's) behavior the night he passed out on the bunk room floor?

4. Why does Billy have a problem with Carlyle turning off the lights in the bunk room?

5. Why does Martin try to commit suicide?

6. Why does Carlyle call Roger a "Tom"?

7. Why does Roger believe that just because you tried it (homosexual activity) doesn't make one a homosexual?

8. After Carlyle is cuffed, why does Carlye think that the lieutenant and MPs have no right to tell him what to do?

9. What does Carlyle mean when talking about "the black man's problem"?

10. What does Roger mean by the statement he makes regarding white men and Coppertone?

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