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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is a characteristic of a "true war story?"
(a) There is no moral ending
(b) There is a lesson at the end
(c) It takes place during a battle
(d) Someone dies in it

2. Mitchell Sanders sent what in his letter to the Ohio Draft Board?
(a) A dead boy's thumb
(b) Letters home
(c) Photographs
(d) Body lice

3. What word does Ted Lavender use to describe the war?
(a) Calm
(b) Mellow
(c) Scary
(d) Terrible

4. Because he is a coward, what does Tim do?
(a) He runs away
(b) He goes to war
(c) He joins the Peace Corps
(d) He hurts himself

5. What does Rat Kiley do first to the baby water buffalo?
(a) Shoots it in the head
(b) Offers it pork and beans
(c) Takes it for a walk
(d) Shoots it in the knee

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dave Jensen do when he snaps?

2. In what year was the college reunion where Jimmy Cross reunited with Martha?

3. Where is Tim's first job after college?

4. How does Tim join the army?

5. On what occasion does Rat Kiley write a letter to a man's sister?

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