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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was one of O'Brien's common summer activities?
(a) Baseball
(b) Soccer
(c) Volleyball
(d) Basketball

2. Which of the following best describes how O'Brien feels about the war?
(a) It is right
(b) It is too far away
(c) It is wrong
(d) It needs to end quickly

3. Why do the Vietnamese boys follow the soldiers?
(a) Watch and report to the Viet Cong
(b) Monitor locations
(c) To clean weapons
(d) Get candy

4. Which of the following is true about O'Brien's parents?
(a) They were both currently in the military
(b) They both protested the war
(c) They both died when O'Brien was very young
(d) They were both veterans

5. Which of the following is a synonym for "Charlie"?
(a) Barney
(b) Viet Cong
(c) Hump
(d) O'Brien

6. How many men were in O'Brien's basic training unit?
(a) 100
(b) 500
(c) 50
(d) 200

7. What does O'Brien learn about his military future at the beginning of chapter six?
(a) O'Brien learns that he will be able to get out of the military
(b) O'Brien learns he is an excellent shot
(c) O'Brien learns he will not be sent to Vietnam
(d) O'Brien learns that he will be sent to the foxholes of Vietnam

8. From which area are the insurgents?
(a) Korea
(b) China
(c) South Vietnam
(d) North Vietnam

9. Which of the following describes the nickname for the time period in which O'Brien was born?
(a) Cold war
(b) Holocaust
(c) Depression
(d) Baby boom

10. Which of the following is the literary term for when O'Brien keeps adding elements from events which happened prior to those he is describing?
(a) Past Regression
(b) Flashback
(c) Alliteration
(d) Irony

11. On which peninsula does chapter eleven occur?
(a) Indochinese
(b) My Lai
(c) Malay
(d) Batangan

12. Which person with whom O'Brien meets to share his opposition to the war curses regularly?
(a) Battalion commander
(b) Chaplain
(c) Drill sergeant
(d) Parents

13. What disability does the Vietnamese elderly man have?
(a) Deafness
(b) None
(c) Missing a limb
(d) Blindness

14. Which of the following best describes the weather during Chapter four?
(a) Humid and dry
(b) Wet and cold
(c) Extreme heat and dry
(d) Humid and Rainy

15. What type of notice does O'Brien receive?
(a) Introduction
(b) Reduction
(c) Induction
(d) Deduction

Short Answer Questions

1. What seems to happen to the jungle as the soldiers stare at it into the darkness?

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

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

4. When does O'Brien execute his plan to desert infantry training?

5. Which of the following is a new piece of equipment the soldiers break out in Chapter Four?

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