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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who shares the story of the girlfriend in Vietnam?
(a) Curt Lemon
(b) Rat Kiley
(c) Dave Jensen
(d) Mitchell Sanders

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

4. Who are the men order to see?
(a) The dentist
(b) The doctor
(c) The psychologist
(d) The company commander

5. Who gets into a fist fight?
(a) Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk
(b) Lee Strunk and Mitchell Sanders
(c) Rat Kiley and Mitchell Sanders
(d) Dave Jensen and Henry Dobbins

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one thing Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk are NOT described as doing together?

2. What holiday did Curt Lemon celebrate with the villagers?

3. What happens to Lee Strunk?

4. What does Lee Strunk confess to Tim O'Brien in the morning?

5. Who did the monks take a special liking to and call "Soldier Jesus?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the rhyme "Step out of line, hit a mine; follow the dink, you're in the pink." changed meanings?

2. How did things start when Mary Anne first arrived, and how did they change?

3. What happens to make the platoon believe in the good luck provided by the pantyhose?

4. How are the terms of the death pact ultimately carried out?

5. Give examples of how the men dealt with death.

6. Why did the men have to see the dentist?

7. How did Tim see Curt Lemon's personality?

8. Why do you think Martha never married?

9. Why do you think Curt's sister gives the response she does?

10. Why was Curt Lemon afraid of the dentist?

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