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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what is O'Brien ill?
(a) A cold
(b) Pneumonia
(c) Cancer
(d) Bronchitis

2. What is the name of O'Brien's company?
(a) Zeta
(b) Beta
(c) Alpha
(d) Omega

3. Which of the following terms does Blyton call Erik when he voices his opposition to the war?
(a) Whiner
(b) Baby
(c) Coward
(d) Disgusting

4. Which of the following is a new piece of equipment the soldiers break out in Chapter Four?
(a) Explosive ordinance
(b) New trail pack
(c) Foxhole shovel
(d) Starlight scope

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was not an accurate description, according to O'Brien, of the men who make up Alpha company?

2. Which term means to march with items such as a pack or some military supplies?

3. Which of the following was one of O'Brien's common winter activities?

4. Which of the following is the best definition of insanity as used by O'Brien to describe some of his fellow soldiers in chapter four?

5. Who warned Alpha Company of an incoming explosive ordinance?

Short Essay Questions

1. The Starlight scope is what kind of technology?

2. What do the soldiers learn how to do at the combat center?

3. How does O'Brien obtain his passport and shot records?

4. What is O'Brien's moral dilemma?

5. In what way do Erik and O'Brien catch the attention of the drill sergeant?

6. Describe how the soldiers feel during the fire fight.

7. What provides O'Brien with his only intellectual connection?

8. When does O'Brien become a true soldier?

9. Describe the message O'Brien wishes to convey through chapter ten.

10. What philosophical conversation does O'Brien attempt to hold with the captain?

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