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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. Why does Cokes claim he has been falling down a lot?
(a) From drinking.
(b) From PTSD.
(c) From leukemia.
(d) From dizzy spells.

2. What did Cokes do to the man in the spider hole?
(a) Threw the contents from his latrine down the hole onto the man.
(b) Threw in a gernade, sat on the lid, and waited for it to blow.
(c) Nothing, he was taken by a medic back to the camp.
(d) Aimed his rifle down the hole and opened fire.

3. How many people from Billy's platoon are going to Vietnam?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Three.

4. How does Richie finish the following statement: "cleanliness is ....."?
(a) Homosexuality.
(b) Nakedness.
(c) Releasing.
(d) Godliness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the stage directions, what song begins playing at the end of Act 1?

2. What is Richie's sexual orientation?

3. Since Rich missed dinner to take care of Richie, what does Billy bring him from the mess hall?

4. Why does Richie think that Roger would understand problems associated with being homosexual?

5. What does MOS stand for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Although Carlyle tells Richie when they are alone in the bunk room that all he wants to do is talk, Richie does not believe him. What does Richie believe that Carlyle wants?

2. What is symbolic about Cokes saying the the man in the spider hole was "singing it"?

3. What does Richie mean by the "real Richie" is in Manhattan, and the other Richie is sitting in the Army reading a book?

4. Explain the hidden meaning behind Carlyle's comment: "it is dark in the night. Black man got a black body--he disappear."

5. 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?

6. Why does Billy compare Carlyle to an animal?

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

8. Why did Roger continue to talk to Billy when they first met in P Company?

9. What does Roger tell Billy he "better learn"?

10. Why does Richie make fun of Billy's vernacular?

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