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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which item doubled as a body bag?
(a) Extra set of fatigues
(b) Poncho
(c) Tent
(d) Flak jacket

2. What purpose does the chapter 'Love' fill for the novel?
(a) It explains why the author decided to write the novel.
(b) It serves as an insight to how Lavender's family handled his death.
(c) It offers a prologue for all of the men in the company.
(d) It explains the historical context of the Vietnam War.

3. Which men have a conversation when they see Lt. Cross crying after Ted Lavender's death?
(a) Norman Bowker and Henry Dobbins
(b) Rat Kiley and Kiowa
(c) Kiowa and Norman Bowker
(d) Mitchell Sanders and Dave Jensen

4. In what year was the college reunion where Jimmy Cross reunited with Martha?
(a) 1989
(b) 1949
(c) 1969
(d) 1979

5. What did Lt. Cross keep under his tongue?
(a) A grain of rice
(b) A pebble
(c) A bullet
(d) A piece of candy

Short Answer Questions

1. What year does Tim graduate college?

2. What do the men call plane rides home to America?

3. Which man cut off the thumb of a dead Viet-Cong boy?

4. How does Kiowa describe Ted Lavender's death?

5. Who visited the author, Tim O'Brien, to talk?

(see the answer key)

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