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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does Sergeant Simpson offer to Richie to get him out of the fighting?
(a) A medic's job.
(b) An office job.
(c) A translation job.
(d) A secretarial job.

2. What do the Vietnamese allies want the American troops to help them capture?
(a) A hill.
(b) A fort.
(c) A mountain.
(d) A river.

3. After Richie and Peewee are separated from their squad, where do they spend the night?
(a) In a hole.
(b) In the reeds of a swamp.
(c) Up in a tree.
(d) Inside a burned-out hut.

4. What does the soldier in the breakfast hall call Peewee and Richie when they refuse his offer?
(a) Aunt Marys.
(b) Aunt Pats.
(c) Uncle Bills.
(d) Uncle Toms.

5. What reason does Captain Stewart give to the soldiers as to why they will be going on a reconnaissance mission?
(a) He wants to kill more Vietcong soldiers.
(b) Lt. Gearhart needs more training.
(c) He didn't know that their squad had been volunteered.
(d) The mission is their safest option.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Richie tell Kenny in the letter he writes about the Vietcong soldier?

2. What is the name of the character sent in to replace Sergeant Simpson?

3. How does Richie feel when he is running to escape the fighting in the village?

4. Which member of Lieutenant Carroll's family was also in the army and passed on his army vocabulary?

5. What position did Jenkins's father hold in the army?

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