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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22, Courage is a Certain Kind of Preserving.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What seems to happen to the jungle as the soldiers stare at it into the darkness?
(a) Seems to move
(b) Seems to grow
(c) Seems to swallow up their friends
(d) Seems to be filled with animals

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

3. When does O'Brien execute his plan to desert infantry training?
(a) Thanksgiving break
(b) Christmas break
(c) Spring break
(d) Summer break

4. Which of the following does Erik read intently?
(a) Plato
(b) Lawrence
(c) Aristotle
(d) Emmerson

5. Which of the following ways is not one of the ways O'Brien and Bates get through the holidays?
(a) Drinking
(b) Attending a strip tease
(c) Taking a 3-day leave
(d) Eating

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the members of Alpha Company go when faced with an incoming explosive ordinance?

2. Which area of Vietnam is one of the most heavily mined areas?

3. What do the women of the camp spend their days doing?

4. Which of the following was one of O'Brien's common winter activities?

5. How many times is the base attacked while O'Brien works there?

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