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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twenty-Six, Repose on the Road to Paris, Chapter Twenty-Seven, Flights of Imagination, Chapter Twenty-Eight, The Observation Post.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 27, what assumption about himself does Paul Berlin acknowledge is true?
(a) He does not believe in the War.
(b) He is a writer at heart.
(c) He will not fight well.
(d) He will never really leave the Midwest.

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

3. What action do the two older women continually do as they ride with Third Squad?
(a) Stringing beans.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Weeping.
(d) Singing.

4. Which of the following characters does not go the MARS system to call home in Chapter 24?
(a) Doc Peret.
(b) Sidney Martin.
(c) Eddie Lazzutti
(d) Oscar Johnson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What item does Cacciato strew on the road to guide Third Squad?

2. At what town does Lieutenant Corson decide to cut off Cacciato in Chapter 10?

3. What item does Jolly Chand serve Third Squad in Chapter 23 that upsets her husband?

4. In Chapter 22, the author mentions that which man was never expected to survive the war and didn't?

5. In what state did Paul Berlin grow up?

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