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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Thirty-One, Night March, Chapter Thirty-Two, The Observation Post.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After setting off a booby trap, what action does Billy Boy Watkins keep attempting to do?
(a) Pull on his boot.
(b) Reload his rifle.
(c) Hack away foliage.
(d) Open a can of peaches.

2. How does Doc Peret describe the quiet of the village in Chapter 16?
(a) An oasis.
(b) A deafening roar.
(c) A spa.
(d) A vacuum.

3. According to Doc Peret, soldiers need to beware of an excess of what substance?
(a) Antibiotics.
(b) LSD.
(c) Bile.
(d) Phlegm.

4. What item do the men find in their search of the train in Chapter 21?
(a) Cacciato's dog tags.
(b) Cacciato's AWOL bag.
(c) Cacciato's photo album.
(d) Cacciato's uniform.

5. Which of the following men votes to in Chapter 3 to turn back?
(a) Lieutenant Corson.
(b) Oscar Johnson.
(c) Paul Berlin.
(d) Harold Murphy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul Berlin begin doing involuntarily as he lays awake in Chapter 31?

2. Who is the gun-chewing boy in Chapter 31?

3. In Chapter 27, what assumption about himself does Paul Berlin acknowledge is true?

4. What does the boy in Chapter 31 do involuntarily from time to time?

5. Before leaving for Vietnam, Berlin's father tells him to keep an eye out for what?

(see the answer key)

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