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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which time of day is filled with the most potential danger according to O'Brien?
(a) Dusk
(b) Afternoon
(c) Night
(d) Morning

2. 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) Closely guarded
(b) Resigned
(c) Deprived of something
(d) Short hair cut

3. How long did Erik sign up for at the end of basic training?
(a) 5 years
(b) 3 years
(c) 4 years
(d) 2 years

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

5. 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) Morale officer
(b) Commander's secretary
(c) Chaplain
(d) Drill sergeant

6. In which state was O'Brien raised?
(a) Maryland
(b) Michigan
(c) Minnesota
(d) Mississippi

7. Which of the following terms best describes how O'Brien feels during basic training?
(a) Fierce
(b) Happy
(c) Supported
(d) Lonely

8. What do the soldiers decide to do when they discover a tunnel in a village rather than sending a soldier down?
(a) Ignore it and move on to another village
(b) Send a villager into the tunnel
(c) Throw grenades into the tunnel
(d) Shoot their guns into the tunnel

9. Which best describes how the soldiers feel about minor shrapnel injuries?
(a) Unbothered
(b) They seek medic help
(c) Annoyed
(d) They are sent to a hospital

10. Where does O'Brien say is the only place that Alpha Companies friendships are deep?
(a) While marching
(b) While on R&R
(c) When someone is killed
(d) Foxholes

11. 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

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

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

14. What does O'Brien struggle with throughout the summer?
(a) Underage drinking
(b) State versus individual rights
(c) Moral dilemma
(d) Love of God

15. What does O'Brien think will happen to him in the rainforest in Vietnam?
(a) Death
(b) Lose his morals
(c) Bullied by his commanders
(d) Forced to complete activities he disagrees with

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the term ingratiate mean?

2. Which of the following is the best definition for bellicose?

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

4. Which of the following terms does Blyton call Erik when he voices his opposition to the war?

5. What type of notice does O'Brien receive?

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