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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. What does Bloody Mary want Joe to do?
(a) Marry Liat.
(b) Sell her black market cigarettes.
(c) Get her a boat.
(d) Buy knick knacks.

2. What does Tony kill during the night when they scratch on the metal of the plane?
(a) Coyotes.
(b) Land crabs.
(c) Raccoons.
(d) Seagulls.

3. Which of the French sisters ends up pregnant?
(a) Isabel.
(b) Laurencin.
(c) Latouche.
(d) Marthe.

4. Who becomes Latouche's new boyfriend because he can talk about Paris, plus he is not married?
(a) Lt. Col. Haricot.
(b) Bill Harbison.
(c) Eddie Franks.
(d) Tony Fry.

5. What island can the men see when the rain blew away the island mist?
(a) Bali Ha'i.
(b) Vanicoro.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Fiji.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Marines in Joe's camp hang over his head?

2. In addition to Dr. Paul Benoway, who survives a plane crash and time on a life raft?

3. What type of business does Bloody Mary run?

4. Who is Latouhe's husband?

5. The narrator is an officer at a _______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the sacred pig ceremony that the men partake in?

2. Why do Bus and Tony want to make a stop on the island of Luana Pori?

3. How does Joe accept Liat's marriage to Benoit?

4. What are the conditions that have the Seabees overworked and frazzled?

5. How does Joe lie when the men talk about becoming intimate with native girls?

6. What is Atabrine and what do the natives use it for?

7. Who is Bloody Mary and how did she get her name?

8. How does Dr. Paul Benoway decide on not censoring Timothy Hewitt's letters to his wife?

9. How does Joe rationalize that Liat is not a native savage?

10. What physical restrictions does Hoag encounter in the airstrip project on Konora?

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