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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, My Lai in May.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom must any soldier who wishes to meet with the battalion commander meet with prior to being allowed to meet with the battalion commander?
(a) Commander's secretary
(b) Chaplain
(c) Drill sergeant
(d) Morale officer

2. Which of the following is a term used to describe a hand grenade?
(a) Short
(b) Frag
(c) Thrower
(d) Frog

3. In what year does O'Brien go for basic training?
(a) 1962
(b) 1968
(c) 1965
(d) 1970

4. Which of the following is the best definition of the term shorn as used in the following sentence? Everyone is sober, shaven and shorn after raising their hands and reciting an oath.
(a) Short hair cut
(b) Deprived of something
(c) Closely guarded
(d) Resigned

5. In what year does chapter three take place?
(a) 1960
(b) 1968
(c) 1955
(d) 1970

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is a synonym for the term raucous as it is used to describe the bus ride to basic training?

2. How many attempts does O'Brien make to work through the military hierarchy for guidance and counsel?

3. Who prepares O'Brien's induction papers?

4. Which of the following is the best descriptor for the transition which O'Brien faces with daily life in Vietnam from his previous life?

5. Which person with whom O'Brien meets to share his opposition to the war curses regularly?

(see the answer key)

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