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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Thirty-One, Night March, Chapter Thirty-Two, The Observation Post.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action is Sarkin Aung Wan doing in Chapter 17 when Paul Berlin explains to her that they must catch Cacciato before going to Paris?
(a) Reading.
(b) Clipping his nails.
(c) Cooking dinner.
(d) Making love to him.

2. How does Third Squad get Lieutenant Corson out of Delhi in Chapter 26?
(a) They threaten him with a court martial.
(b) They knock him out and drive him out of town.
(c) They fake an ambush on Jolly Chand's lodging.
(d) They carry him to a train while he's passed out drunk.

3. What appliance did Doc Peret disassemble as a child?
(a) An air conditioner.
(b) A television.
(c) A refrigerator.
(d) A HAM radio.

4. In Chapter 21, the delirious Lieutenant tells Paul Berlin what truth about their situation?
(a) They have been kidnapped.
(b) They will all die soon.
(c) They are never returning to Vietnam.
(d) They and Cacciato are one and the same.

5. What item do the men find in their search of the train in Chapter 21?
(a) Cacciato's AWOL bag.
(b) Cacciato's photo album.
(c) Cacciato's uniform.
(d) Cacciato's dog tags.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, the author indicates that the Squad organizes themselves by all of the following bases except which?

2. How does Stink Harris lose his hold on Cacciato in the brush?

3. What did Billy Boy and the others do to pass the time on the afternoon he died?

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

5. What is the boy from Chapter 31's favorite type of gum?

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