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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Tim O'Brien when he wrote the book?
(a) 21
(b) 62
(c) 43
(d) 55

2. How does Tim join the army?
(a) The draft
(b) To get out of going to jail
(c) Joining an officer's trainging program
(d) Signing up with a recruiter

3. What color are Martha's eyes?
(a) Gray
(b) Green
(c) Blue
(d) Brown

4. Where is Martha a student?
(a) Madison State University
(b) New Jersey College
(c) Princeton University
(d) Mount Sebastian College

5. What personality does Curt Lemon put out for others to see according to the narrator?
(a) A tough soldier, always puffing himself up
(b) A de facto leader, always reminding the guys of SOP
(c) A scared young man, always taking drugs to stay relaxed
(d) A big prankster, always pulling tricks on members of the platoon

6. What is Jimmy Cross's last request to Tim at the end chapter 2?
(a) To take care of Martha for him
(b) To help him find a job
(c) To make sure he is buried at home
(d) To not mention something in his book

7. What object is Mitchell Sanders described with each time he is talking?
(a) A coin he flips
(b) A yo-yo
(c) A deck of cards
(d) A cigarette lighter

8. Which of the following is NOT a way the men resupplied the things they carried?
(a) Mail
(b) Supply chopper
(c) Supply tent
(d) Scavenging from fallen enemies

9. What item owned by Dave Jensen is missing?
(a) A food ration
(b) A personal letter
(c) A girlfriend's photograph
(d) A jackknife

10. "If you weren't humping, you were __________."
(a) Tired
(b) Sleeping
(c) Waiting
(d) Playing Games

11. What is the name of the area the men are in?
(a) Than Khe
(b) Rocket Pocket
(c) Chu Lai
(d) My Khe

12. How did Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk agree on the pact?
(a) They asked Lt. Cross to witness it
(b) They wrote it on paper and signed it
(c) They became blood brothers
(d) The spit shook on it

13. Where does he stop before crossing the border?
(a) Tip Top Lodge
(b) Niagra Falls
(c) His Aunt's house
(d) At a campsite

14. Where is the platoon at?
(a) Landing Zone Gator
(b) My Khe
(c) Home in the United States
(d) Than Khe

15. Who tells the war story about the listening patrol?
(a) Rat Kiley
(b) Tim O'Brien
(c) Dave Jensen
(d) Mitchell Sanders

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the listening patrol positioned?

2. What did Lt. Cross keep under his tongue?

3. What happens to Lee Strunk?

4. What does Rat Kiley do first to the baby water buffalo?

5. What information is the letter Henry Dobbins receives in October?

(see the answer keys)

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