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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. Who attacks the car with Emile and Nellie inside?
(a) Three Japanese soldiers.
(b) Two Australian sailors.
(c) Four American servicemen.
(d) A group of natives.

2. How old is Teta Christian at the time the narrator visited Norfolk Island?
(a) 72.
(b) 90.
(c) 55.
(d) 81.

3. Where is Lt. Bus Adams shot down?
(a) Over Korea.
(b) Over Norfolk Island.
(c) Over Efate Island.
(d) Over Segi Point.

4. What enrages Admiral Kester at one time?
(a) Empty whiskey bottle.
(b) A stuck zipper.
(c) Monsoon season.
(d) Cold coffee.

5. What drink does Tony Fry always have available?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Rum.
(c) Scotch.
(d) Vodka.

Short Answer Questions

1. What puts Harbison in a bad mood and makes him break up with the woman in #31?

2. Who is the 22-year-old nurse that Harbison started to date?

3. Emile tells Nellie that he had to leave Marseilles because he _______________.

4. What is the nationality of the Remittance Man?

5. On what island is Bill Harbison stationed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Nellie feeling particularly vulnerable?

2. What is Atabrine and why do the men fear its side effects?

3. What is the job of the Remittance Man?

4. What is the condition of the men in the "Coral Sea" story?

5. What does the author show about the superiority of U.S. military might in the case of Bus being shot down by Japanese forces?

6. Who is Dinah Culbert and what is her relationship to Bill Harbison?

7. Who is the woman who is the center of the story in "Our Heroine"?

8. What does Bill do to pass time in his position?

9. Why does Tony Fry not get along well with Lt. Commander Charlesworth?

10. Who is Emile De Becque and what is Nellie's relationship to him?

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