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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which two people stay in the apartment in Chapter 44, refusing to search for Cacciato?
(a) Doc Peret and Lieutenant Corson.
(b) Doc Peret and Paul Berlin.
(c) Paul Berlin and Sarkin Aung Wan.
(d) Lieutenant Corson and Sarkin Aung Wan.

3. Which of the following is not among the list of charges lodged against Third Squad?
(a) Desertion.
(b) Public intoxication.
(c) Inciting revolution.
(d) Failure to register weapons.

4. Why does Doc declare the Nazis and Japanese lost World War II?
(a) They did not want to win.
(b) They fought poorly.
(c) They did not have right on their side.
(d) Thye lacked the materials to win.

5. What is the origin of Buff's nickname?
(a) He is suppsoed to be big as a buffalo.
(b) He always separates men when they fight.
(c) He is obsessed with his toned physique.
(d) He comes from Buffalo, NY.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time is it at the end of Chapter 42?

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

3. What are the men entering at the very end of Chapter 41?

4. In Chapter 44, who discovers that Third Squad is a military outfit?

5. What does Sidney Martin do in Chapter 34 to put his men on notice?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the hypothetical conversation Paul Berlin imagines with the young girl in hoop earrings.

2. How does Third Squad determine happens to Buff's big gun?

3. Describe Sarkin Aung Wan and Paul Berlin's debate in Chapter 44.

4. What does Buff's body look like when Cacciato finds it in Chapter 41?

5. How does Lieutenant Martin precipitate his own murder in Chapter 34?

6. What lesson does Oscar Johnson declare should be learned from Buff's death?

7. How does Third Squad gain control of the VW van?

8. Why does the Squad occasionally march down trails likely to be booby trapped?

9. What news does Captain Rhallon bring Third Squad at the end of Chapter 33?

10. How does Third Squad manage to depart the ocean liner at the beginning of Chapter 40?

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