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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Dr. Sandzen decide to graft the two digits?
(a) Both are already useless.
(b) A working hand would classify Lewis as "active duty."
(c) Lewis needs his hands more than his feet.
(d) Lewis is right handed.

2. In Chapter 1, why is Lewis sometimes beaten up by other boys living on base?
(a) Lewis taunts the other boys to provoke a fight.
(b) Lewis often brags about his father's accomplishments.
(c) Lewis is smaller than all the other boys.
(d) They are jealous of his privileged life.

3. How does the general public react to the return of the Vietnam Veterans in 1970?
(a) Americans welcome home the veterans with parades.
(b) The veterans are reviled by most people in America.
(c) No one greets the veterans when they arrive home.
(d) The veterans are pitied by most Americans.

4. Why is Lewis's platoon given vehicular transportation to Marble Mountain?
(a) The walking path is littered with land mines.
(b) It is over two days march away.
(c) The platoon is part of a parade.
(d) As a reward for killing ten enemy soldiers the previous evening.

5. In Chapter 3, what does Lewis ask Toddy to send him?
(a) Canned food.
(b) A photograph.
(c) Paper and pens.
(d) A water poncho.

Short Answer Questions

1. What opportunity does President Ford provide for Lewis?

2. What local ware does Lewis prohibit his men from purchasing at the Tu Cau Bridge?

3. What surprise announcement does Tom Downing give in Chapter 8?

4. Where is Lewis' unit deployed when he first arrives in Vietnam?

5. In 1952, what does Lewis observe in the base pool that he finds fascinating?

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