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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Arrival.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the soldiers feel about the jungle?
(a) Reassured
(b) Stupefied
(c) Ambivalent
(d) Fearful

2. Which of the following does O'Brien begin reading?
(a) Plato
(b) Chaucer
(c) Socrates
(d) Hemingway

3. Which of the following is different about the timing of chapter two as compared to chapter one?
(a) It stays in the present
(b) It is after he is discharged from the military
(c) It is in the future
(d) It is in the past

4. What is the name of the lake which O'Brien likes to ride around?
(a) Nyasa
(b) Okabena
(c) Tanganyika
(d) Nasser

5. What does the battalion commander believe is O'Brien's problem?
(a) Moral struggle
(b) Inadequate training
(c) Afraid of dying
(d) Poor hygiene

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does O'Brien help Alpha company do the day after the nighttime attack?

3. Which of the following presidents is not referred to in this chapter?

4. What does O'Brien think will happen to him in the rainforest in Vietnam?

5. What name do the soldiers give to the Starlight scope?

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