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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 is O'Brien's boss at camp LZ Gator?
(a) Captain Johansen
(b) Mad Mark
(c) Major Callicles
(d) Captain Smith

2. Where does Alpha Company find a Viet Cong rifle?
(a) Mine field
(b) On a dead soldier
(c) Well
(d) Hut

3. Which of the following describes how the scout feels about going on the march with the soldiers?
(a) Afraid
(b) Unwilling
(c) Ready
(d) Surprised

4. Which of the following ways is not one of the ways O'Brien and Bates get through the holidays?
(a) Taking a 3-day leave
(b) Drinking
(c) Eating
(d) Attending a strip tease

5. What stands in the center of the refugee camp?
(a) Barbed wire
(b) Flag pole
(c) Hut
(d) Mine field

6. Which of the following is not an accurate description of guerrilla warfare?
(a) Sporadic
(b) Disjointed
(c) Organized
(d) Operates in small groups

7. Which of the following is the best definition of a scout?
(a) Scrutinizer
(b) Reconnoiter
(c) Surveyor
(d) Inspector

8. What does O'Brien acquire just after Alpha Company gets a new commander?
(a) 3-day pass
(b) Letter from Erik
(c) New job
(d) Bottle of wine

9. Where does O'Brien go for R&R soon after he starts at LZ Gator?
(a) China
(b) Australia
(c) Korea
(d) Japan

10. O'Brien believes that Johansen is the perfect guard for what?
(a) Him (O'Brien)
(b) President
(c) Platonic Republic
(d) Any army

11. Which of the following characters believes it is wrong to tie the old men to trees?
(a) Bates
(b) Captain Johansen
(c) Erik
(d) Mad Mark

12. What is O'Brien's dream war job?
(a) With Captain Johansen
(b) Planting mines
(c) At a base camp in the rear
(d) Working with Erik

13. Which of the following is the best synonym for treacherous as used in the following sentence? The coral reefs and sandy beaches are a treacherous paradise.
(a) Dangerous
(b) Safe
(c) Unfaithful
(d) Underhanded

14. Which of the following best describes how O'Brien feels about Captain Johansen?
(a) Respect
(b) Reverence
(c) Pity
(d) Dislikes

15. In what do the Viet Cong hide the booby-trapped grenades?
(a) Under thatched huts floors
(b) Leaves
(c) Tin cans
(d) Trees

Short Answer Questions

1. What surrounds the perimeter of the refugee camp on the lagoon side?

2. What do some of the soldiers give to the dying female Viet Cong soldier?

3. What happens to Alpha Company as they are half way across the marsh?

4. Which emotion term best describes how the scout feels after leaving the Captain and being refused leave?

5. Which of the following is the best definition for the term sycophantic?

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