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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where did O'Brien meet a Vietnamese student who was also a Viet Cong officer?
(a) Prague
(b) Basic Training
(c) Missouri
(d) College
2. What does O'Brien hide behind?
(a) Beer kegs
(b) His tent
(c) Other men from the company
(d) Ammunition storage
3. What seems to happen to the jungle as the soldiers stare at it into the darkness?
(a) Seems to be filled with animals
(b) Seems to grow
(c) Seems to move
(d) Seems to swallow up their friends
4. In what branch of the military does O'Brien serve?
(a) Marines
(b) Navy
(c) Air Force
(d) Army
5. What does O'Brien learn about his military future at the beginning of chapter six?
(a) O'Brien learns that he will be able to get out of the military
(b) O'Brien learns that he will be sent to the foxholes of Vietnam
(c) O'Brien learns he is an excellent shot
(d) O'Brien learns he will not be sent to Vietnam
6. Which of the following describes the nickname for the time period in which O'Brien was born?
(a) Holocaust
(b) Baby boom
(c) Cold war
(d) Depression
7. Where does O'Brien's plane land in Vietnam?
(a) Ho Chi Min
(b) Chu Lai
(c) Cam Ranh Bay
(d) LZ Gator
8. Which of the following is the literary term for when O'Brien keeps adding elements from events which happened prior to those he is describing?
(a) Alliteration
(b) Flashback
(c) Irony
(d) Past Regression
9. In what year does chapter three take place?
(a) 1955
(b) 1960
(c) 1970
(d) 1968
10. Which of the following is the best definition of the term shorn as used in the following sentence? Everyone is sober, shaven and shorn after raising their hands and reciting an oath.
(a) Resigned
(b) Closely guarded
(c) Short hair cut
(d) Deprived of something
11. What is the name of the lake which O'Brien likes to ride around?
(a) Okabena
(b) Nasser
(c) Tanganyika
(d) Nyasa
12. Which of the following is the best definition for insurgent?
(a) An uprising
(b) A soldier
(c) A person who revels in the pain of others
(d) A person who rebels against authority
13. Which of the following terms best describes they type of explosive attack which occurred in Chapter four?
(a) Misaimed weapon
(b) Self-induced
(c) Weapon malfunction
(d) Enemy waged
14. What does it mean to the members of Alpha Company to be getting short?
(a) Out of ammunition
(b) 5-6 months left in Vietnam
(c) Loss of a limb
(d) Injured but not incapacitated
15. Which of the following presidents is not referred to in this chapter?
(a) Ford
(b) Kennedy
(c) Johnson
(d) Nixon
Short Answer Questions
1. What game do O'Brien and Captain Johansen play?
2. What type of narration is this chapter?
3. What is the name of the base camp fro Alpha Company?
4. Which of the following is the best definition of insanity as used by O'Brien to describe some of his fellow soldiers in chapter four?
5. Which term means to march with items such as a pack or some military supplies?
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