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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, My Lai in May.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does it mean to get wasted to the members of Alpha Company?
(a) Spend time with a prostitute
(b) Die
(c) Drunk
(d) High from drugs

2. Which area is considered really dangerous?
(a) Batangan Peninsula
(b) Chu Lai
(c) Long Binh
(d) Pinkville

3. What is O'Brien's job with Alpha Company?
(a) Simply foot soldier
(b) Sniper
(c) Operating the radio
(d) Medic

4. When is O'Brien due to report for basic training?
(a) Middle of the winter
(b) End of the fall
(c) End of the summer
(d) Beginning of the spring

5. What does it mean to the members of Alpha Company to be getting short?
(a) Loss of a limb
(b) Injured but not incapacitated
(c) Out of ammunition
(d) 5-6 months left in Vietnam

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom must any soldier who wishes to meet with the battalion commander meet with prior to being allowed to meet with the battalion commander?

2. Which of the following best describes what O'Brien is afraid of?

3. In what way does O'Brien classify himself?

4. Pinkville used to be a what?

5. On which peninsula does chapter eleven occur?

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