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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the college reunion where Jimmy Cross reunited with Martha?
(a) 1989
(b) 1979
(c) 1949
(d) 1969

2. How did Jimmy Cross get another photograph of Martha?
(a) She gave it to him at a college reunion
(b) He actually saved one from burning in Vietnam
(c) Martha's mother mailed him one after he came home
(d) Martha died, and he cut it out of the newspaper

3. What game do Henry Dobbins and Norman Bowker play?
(a) Cards
(b) 20 Questions
(c) Rock, Paper, Scissors
(d) Checkers

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

5. How does Jimmy ask Tim to portray him in the book he is writing?
(a) Brave and handsome
(b) Mean and strict
(c) Smart and crafty
(d) Heroic and courageous

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What changed in late August between Lee Strunk and Dave Jensen?

3. What kind of wound qualified for a mercy kill?

4. Norman Bowker's father only cares about what?

5. What is a war story NOT about?

(see the answer key)

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