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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was unique about the mission the men were given when Rat Kiley was injured?
(a) They had to walk at night and sleep during the day
(b) They had to keep talking nonstop as part of a ruse
(c) They had to work alone
(d) They had to crawl the entire way

2. What does the author say about truth?
(a) Everyone has their own truth
(b) Truth is absolute
(c) Story-truth is more real than happening-truth
(d) Truth is unattainable

3. What is wrong with the field that Lt. Cross selects as the campsite that night?
(a) It's infested with large bugs
(b) It's a graveyard
(c) It's crawling with venomous snakes
(d) It's where the village keeps their sewage

4. Who does Tim blame for his near-death experience?
(a) Rat Kiley
(b) Bobby Jorgenson
(c) Morty Phillips
(d) Mitchell Sanders

5. How does Rat Kiley deal with the mission at first?
(a) By killing all the bugs
(b) By remaining silent
(c) By counting as high as he can
(d) By talking non stop

6. The man Tim killed had a hole the shape of what where an eye was supposed to be?
(a) A heart
(b) A circle
(c) A star
(d) A crescent moon

7. What question does Tim's daughter ask him?
(a) Did you have a girlfriend in Vietnam?
(b) Did you lose your best friend in war?
(c) Did you ever kill anyone?
(d) Did you ever get shot?

8. Why does Henry Dobbins think the girl is dancing?
(a) Because she wants the soldiers to like her
(b) Because she wants to
(c) Because she is nervous
(d) Because it is a ritual

9. What personal item did Tim "bury" in the river?
(a) Lt. Cross's pebble
(b) Henry Dobbins' panty hose
(c) Kiowa's moccasins
(d) A picture of his old girlfriend

10. Which feeling does the narrator not admit to about the war?
(a) Sadness
(b) Guilt
(c) Responsibility
(d) Grief

11. What did Tim use to kill the man on the trail?
(a) A pistol
(b) A grenade
(c) A trip wire land mine
(d) A machine gun

12. What was wrong with the village the men come upon in "Style?"
(a) The villagers are all supporting the American cause
(b) All the villagers are sick
(c) It is mostly all burned
(d) It is deserted

13. How many years has it been since the war for the author, at the time of writing the novel?
(a) 2 years
(b) 20 years
(c) 30 years
(d) 10 years

14. What medal did Norman Bowker almost win?
(a) Medal of Honor
(b) Silver Star
(c) Gold Star
(d) Purple Heart

15. How did Rat Kiley tease Tim to keep him out of shock?
(a) He pretended Tim had been pregnant
(b) He made jokes about Tim dressing in drag
(c) He sang songs as he dressed the wound
(d) He quoted from his medical manual in a pompous voice

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not a phrase used by the men to describe the dead?

2. How could Kiowa be sure the man would have done harm to the platoon if Tim had not killed him?

3. By what area of the body does Norman Bowker attempt to pull the body out of the muck?

4. Who is the most upset by the act, and wants to know why the villager is behaving that way?

5. Which is NOT a way Norman Bowker attempts to return to normal life?

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