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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk are NOT described as doing together?
(a) Play cards together
(b) Share a foxhole
(c) Team up on ambushes
(d) Take turns on night guard duty

2. Martha became a trained __________.
(a) Nurse
(b) Doctor
(c) Teacher
(d) Writer

3. What purpose does the chapter 'Love' fill for the novel?
(a) It offers a prologue for all of the men in the company.
(b) It serves as an insight to how Lavender's family handled his death.
(c) It explains why the author decided to write the novel.
(d) It explains the historical context of the Vietnam War.

4. Who visited the author, Tim O'Brien, to talk?
(a) Rat Kiley
(b) Jimmy Cross
(c) Kiowa
(d) Mitchell Sanders

5. What memory forced the men to switch from coffee to gin?
(a) The loss of Martha's love
(b) The death of Ted Lavender
(c) The deaths of men after they returned home
(d) The remorse of killing others

Short Answer Questions

1. What movie did Jimmy Cross and Martha see on their date before the war?

2. Who is unlucky to draw tunnel duty during the mission outside Than Khe?

3. What does Dave Jensen borrow?

4. How long does Tim stay with Elroy at the Tip Top Lodge?

5. How did Jimmy Cross get another photograph of Martha?

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