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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seventeen, Light at the End of the Tunnel to Paris, Chapter Eighteen, Prayers on the Road to Paris,Chapter Nineteen, The Observation Post, Chapter Twenty, Landing Zone Bravo,Chapter Twenty-One, The Railroad to Paris, Chapter Twenty-Two, Who They W.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Through what nearby country does Cacciato tell Berlin he intends to pass on his way to Paris?
(a) Laos.
(b) China.
(c) Cambodia.
(d) Thailand.

2. What impeding event occurs as the Third Squad crosses the river into Laos?
(a) Lieutenant Corson passes out.
(b) The Viet Cong capture them.
(c) Eddie Lazzutti sets off a mine.
(d) They are ordered to turn back by a beret.

3. What finally breaks the unnerving calm at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) A new soldier shoots himself in the foot.
(b) The VC finally attacks the village.
(c) Cacciato and Stink Harris get in a fistfight.
(d) Rudy Chassler trips a mine.

4. How does Stink Harris lose his hold on Cacciato in the brush?
(a) Cacciato punches him in the groin.
(b) Cacciato is sweaty and slick.
(c) Cacciato bites him.
(d) Stink cannot get his arms all the way around Cacciato.

5. Which of the following is an unofficial SOP mentioned in Chapter 4?
(a) Smoking pot.
(b) Taking local women along with the Squad.
(c) Burning empty villages.
(d) Blowing tunnels instead of searching them.

Short Answer 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?

2. What proclamation does Doc Peret repeatedly make as the squad travels on the cart?

3. Who wants to fire on Cacciato in this chapter?

4. While practicing in a fake minefield in Chapter 4, how do new soldiers know that have tripped a "mine?"

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

(see the answer key)

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