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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carlyle pull out of his pocket after catching Roger in Richie's footlocker?

2. What did Cokes get the Silver Star for?

3. How many years does Martin have left to serve in the military?

4. Why does Roger think Richie joined the Army?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of the play, Cokes puts a lot of things into perspective for Roger and Richie. What does Cokes tell them?

2. What is a "streamer"?

3. What is ironic about Carlyle's attire going into town?

4. Roger tells Carlyle, "we both tole you it ain't goin' on here." What does this mean?

5. What changes regarding Carlyle's behavior when Richie closes the bunk room door because of "the draft"?

6. Why does Carlyle think that he must teach Billy a lesson for throwing a shoe at him?

7. Why does the lieutenant's actions towards Roger speak to the stereotypical assumptions regarding the crime scene?

8. What is Carlyle's problem with education?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

All of the men (Billy, Roger, Richie, and Carlyle) are afraid of war. Choose one character and define their fear of war using textual evidence while explaining the reasoning behind the fears.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Cokes' reaction to finding out that Richie is a homosexual. What does Cokes say about Richie's homosexuality? Why is Cokes' answer ironic? What would one expect from Cokes given hie military ranking? Does Cokes' leukemia have anything to do with his reaction? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Roger claims that Richie never told him that he was a homosexual. Go back through the play and note all of Richie's references to his homosexuality. Once finished, choose one statement that could be a masked admittance to his homosexuality and one that is a blatant. Compare and contrast the meaning/understanding behind each of the statements.

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