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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Forty, By a Stretch of the Imagination.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paul Berlin plan to stop doing after the war is over?
(a) Shaving.
(b) Cursing.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Smoking.

2. In this chapter, to what does the girl in the van compare to the War?
(a) Fights with her father.
(b) The Catholic Church.
(c) Her last relationship.
(d) Her two year of college.

3. According to Doc Peret, what are the two reasons why soldiers choose not to desert?
(a) Duty and belief in mission.
(b) Stupidity and weakness.
(c) Despair and inebriation.
(d) Fear and self-respect.

4. Which member of Third Squad always daydreams abut what he'd do with a million dollars?
(a) Eddie Lazzutti.
(b) Stink Harris.
(c) Oscar Johnson.
(d) Doc Peret.

5. In Chapter 16, what do the men start doing to pass time during a period of relative quiet?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Playing basketball.
(c) Shooting makeshift skeet.
(d) Shooting craps.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Doc Peret in Chapter 29, what is the root of Lieutenant Corson's illness?

2. What words does Paul Berlin state to himself without emotion as he watches Chapter 11's air-strike?

3. How does Doc Peret describe the quiet of the village in Chapter 16?

4. Where does the girl say she has contacts that can help the soldiers escape military duty?

5. In Chapter 11, Sidney Martin calls in a massive air-strike following the death of which of his men?

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