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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. What type of building did Tyson's platoon attack, according to the book?
(a) A bank.
(b) A morgue.
(c) A hospital.
(d) An office building.

2. On what day did the fateful attack in Vietnam involving Tyson's platoon take place?
(a) March 15.
(b) February 15.
(c) April 15.
(d) January 15.

3. What is the name of the attorney Tyson meets with after first seeing the book detailing the activities of his platoon in Vietnam?
(a) Phillip Sloan.
(b) Phillip Stone.
(c) Phillip Slater.
(d) Phillip Sutter.

4. According to Tyson's military attorney, it is always a bad idea to cross-examine who?
(a) A liar.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A nun.
(d) A witness.

5. How is the greeting Tyson receives at the military base characterized?
(a) As harried.
(b) As friendly.
(c) As rude.
(d) As congenial.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does David spend most of his time at the summer cottage?

2. Where does the second interview between Tyson and the government's investigator take place?

3. When Tyson arrives at his office after seeing the book for the first time, what does Tyson have his secretary do?

4. Where is the cottage that Tyson rents for the summer located?

5. After his initial interview with the government's investigator, where does Tyson travel to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Marcy object to the company's offer to relocate Tyson?

2. Ben and Marcy meet with Levin after Levin has read Harper's official report. Based on that report, what does Levin share with Ben and Marcy?

3. Describe the situation that Picard shares with Ben Tyson as an example of one of Picard's "bad light" experiences.

4. According to what Picard tells Ben Tyson, why does Picard confide that he probably should not have used the chapter about the hospital massacre?

5. How does the Lieutenant Colonel try to comfort Tyson when Tyson objects to the travel restriction?

6. Why does Tyson refuse to call for those members of his platoon who are still alive to come to his defense?

7. According to Tyson, it was standard practice in Vietnam that an officer had some enemy weapons to turn in with bodies of innocent civilians killed. Why?

8. According to the book about the events in Vietnam, why was an Australian killed?

9. After hearing the charges against him, what fact does Tyson point out that makes him feel that charges should never have been filed?

10. According to what Tyson confides to Levin during their meeting, how did Tyson come to feel during his time in Vietnam?

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