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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the man living that Richie used to write letters to and contemplates asking the man to return the favor?
(a) In prison.
(b) In a nursing home.
(c) In the projects.
(d) In a trailer park.

2. What is the name of Richie's regular board game opponent?
(a) Brunner.
(b) Simpson.
(c) Walowick.
(d) Johnson.

3. What does the soldier in the breakfast hall suggest that the three of them should mingle?
(a) Their skin.
(b) Their urine.
(c) Their spit.
(d) Their blood.

4. When the troops go on pacification missions, who are they trying to convince the villagers are the enemy?
(a) The communists.
(b) The French.
(c) Their fellow villagers.
(d) The American soldiers.

5. Which soldier says that he is in Vietnam to stop the spread of communism?
(a) Ringer.
(b) Brunner.
(c) Richie.
(d) Peewee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brew hope to become when he gets out of the army?

2. What character is Richie reunited with when he is resting in the hospital?

3. In a note to Peewee, who does Earlene promise to name her next child after?

4. Who is the lead actress in the movie that the soldiers watch over and over during their slow days?

5. What board game does Richie play twice a week?

(see the answer key)

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