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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the man living that Richie used to write letters to and contemplates asking the man to return the favor?
(a) In a trailer park.
(b) In the projects.
(c) In a nursing home.
(d) In prison.

2. Which soldier approaches Richie to confess that he believes he is responsible for their leader's death during the ambush?
(a) Rings.
(b) Lobel.
(c) Brew.
(d) Peewee.

3. When the racially charged argument is broken up, which character gets his tooth chipped?
(a) Lieutenant Boyle.
(b) Captain Stewart.
(c) Sergeant Simpson.
(d) Lieutenant Carroll.

4. What is Judy Duncan's occupation?
(a) She is a soldier.
(b) She is a teacher.
(c) She is a cook.
(d) She is a nurse.

5. What type of home remedy does Peewee purchase from a local healer?
(a) Height lotion.
(b) Muscle-relaxing gel.
(c) Hair-growing serum.
(d) Skin-lightening cream.

6. Which soldier is well known for doing funny imitations of voices?
(a) Richie.
(b) Peewee.
(c) Jenkins.
(d) Johnson.

7. While at the airport in Japan, who does Richie purchase a souvenir for?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His sister.

8. What is the name of Richie's regular board game opponent?
(a) Simpson.
(b) Walowick.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Brunner.

9. Which of the following is NOT a reason why Richie joined the army?
(a) To avoid answering questions about his future.
(b) To kill his enemy, the Vietcong.
(c) Because he thought that the war was about to end.
(d) To send money home to his family.

10. Which of the following is NOT one of Peewee's life goals?
(a) To smoke a cigar.
(b) To drink wine from a bottle with a cork.
(c) To make love to a foreign woman.
(d) To speak another language.

11. What is Richie's response to the offer regarding his medical records?
(a) He says that the offer is unfair to him.
(b) He accepts the offer.
(c) He says that he has to think about the offer.
(d) He rejects the offer.

12. How is the soldier killed on the first night of patrol?
(a) He eats a poisonous plant.
(b) He steps on a landmine.
(c) He is shot through the heart.
(d) He throws his body on a grenade.

13. How many soldiers in Richie's platoon are promoted after the village ambush?
(a) Five of them.
(b) Ten of them.
(c) All of them.
(d) None of them.

14. What war is going on during the years in which the novel is set?
(a) World War I.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) World War II.

15. What is the name of Richie's younger brother?
(a) Kenny.
(b) Kevin.
(c) Keenon.
(d) Keith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Johnson get into a racially charged argument with?

2. What city is Peewee from?

3. When Lobel is on patrol, what does he imagine is following him?

4. When the troops receive word about Charlie Company, how many of their men have been lost?

5. Where did the men die that Peewee and Richie are sent to replace?

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