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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what neighborhood did Richie grow up?
(a) Harlem.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Hell's Kitchen.

2. What is the name of the soldier that was once a star high school athlete?
(a) Brew.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Monaco.
(d) Lobel.

3. How does Richie feel about seeing his fellow soldier die during their first patrol?
(a) He feels apathetic.
(b) He feels excited.
(c) He feels guilty.
(d) He feels terrified.

4. What does the soldier in the breakfast hall suggest that the three of them should mingle?
(a) Their urine.
(b) Their skin.
(c) Their blood.
(d) Their spit.

5. When he was in high school, who told Richie that he had a good shot of getting into college?
(a) His guidance councelor.
(b) His English teacher.
(c) No one ever gave Richie any academic hopes.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the extraordinarily strong black soldier that Richie and Peewee meet?

2. Which of the following adjectives best describes Lieutenant Carroll?

3. When the racially charged argument is broken up, which character gets his tooth chipped?

4. When Peewee is joking that he didn't know he was in Vietnam, where does he joke that he thinks he is?

5. What is the name of Richie's younger brother?

(see the answer key)

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