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

2. What does Paul Berlin think about during the Chapter 25 mountain march?
(a) Sex.
(b) The number of days he has left in Vietnam.
(c) His family.
(d) Nothing.

3. What official houses Third Squad at their destination in of Chapter 27?
(a) An Ambassador.
(b) A Governor.
(c) A Mayor.
(d) A Colonel.

4. Where does Paul Berlin decide he will take a flat when he moves to Paris after the war?
(a) St. Germaine.
(b) Montmartre.
(c) Bastille.
(d) Montparnasse.

5. What does the boy in Chapter 31 do involuntarily from time to time?
(a) Fiddle with his rifle.
(b) Do situps.
(c) Whistle.
(d) Fart.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Paul Berlin end up saying to his parents over the MARS system?

4. In Chapter 8, who is supposed to relieve Paul Berlin of his post?

5. What finally breaks the unnerving calm at the end of Chapter 16?

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