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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. Who gives the soldiers of Alpha Company back rubs?
(a) Prostitutes
(b) No one
(c) Other soldiers
(d) Little boys

2. In what year does O'Brien go for basic training?
(a) 1968
(b) 1962
(c) 1970
(d) 1965

3. Which area of Vietnam is one of the most heavily mined areas?
(a) Batangan Peninsula
(b) My Lai
(c) My Khe
(d) Redville

4. Which of the following events takes place about one hour after the new commander takes charge of Alpha Company?
(a) A racial crime
(b) O'Brien gets a leave pass
(c) Men led into a mine field
(d) Thirty soldiers killed in one hour

5. Where do the members of Alpha Company go when faced with an incoming explosive ordinance?
(a) Dive to the ground with no cover
(b) Foxhole
(c) Scatter into abandoned homes
(d) Into the forest

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the goal of the soldiers in relation to the insurgents?

2. Who orders the village to be searched after they find a Viet Cong rifle?

3. What is Alpha Company looking for on their marches in chapter 17?

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

5. Which of the following is the best definition for the term sycophantic?

(see the answer key)

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