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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Tim's first job after college?
(a) At a pig slaughter factory
(b) At a vacation resort
(c) At a grocery store
(d) At an office for McCarthy's campaign

2. What personality does Curt Lemon put out for others to see according to the narrator?
(a) A scared young man, always taking drugs to stay relaxed
(b) A de facto leader, always reminding the guys of SOP
(c) A tough soldier, always puffing himself up
(d) A big prankster, always pulling tricks on members of the platoon

3. How old is Tim O'Brien when he wrote the book?
(a) 55
(b) 62
(c) 43
(d) 21

4. Mitchell Sanders sent what in his letter to the Ohio Draft Board?
(a) Letters home
(b) Body lice
(c) A dead boy's thumb
(d) Photographs

5. How did Jimmy Cross get another photograph of Martha?
(a) He actually saved one from burning in Vietnam
(b) Martha died, and he cut it out of the newspaper
(c) She gave it to him at a college reunion
(d) Martha's mother mailed him one after he came home

Short Answer Questions

1. Which item doubled as a body bag?

2. What does Dave Jensen ask Lee Strunk?

3. What holiday did Curt Lemon celebrate with the villagers?

4. What medal did Norman Bowker almost win?

5. What does he call the object around his neck?

(see the answer key)

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