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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the company that Richie is sent on patrol with after missing his own squad's patrol?
(a) Choo-Choo Company.
(b) Charlie Company.
(c) Champion Company.
(d) Cheese Company.

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

3. Which of the following soldiers admits to joining the army so that his father wouldn't think that he was gay?
(a) Peewee.
(b) Brew.
(c) Lobel.
(d) Rings.

4. What is the name of the soldier that Richie is paired up with during his Charlie Company patrol?
(a) Stevie.
(b) Scotty.
(c) Smithy.
(d) Sammy.

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

6. How does Richie feel about seeing his fellow soldier die during their first patrol?
(a) He feels terrified.
(b) He feels excited.
(c) He feels apathetic.
(d) He feels guilty.

7. When the soldiers are at their layover in Japan, where are they forced to sleep?
(a) On a cement floor.
(b) In their airplane seats.
(c) On dirty matresses.
(d) On wooden benches.

8. When the troops receive word about Charlie Company, how many of their men have been lost?
(a) Three.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) Nine.
(d) Fifteen.

9. Which soldier kills the first enemy soldier that Richie sees?
(a) Rings.
(b) Lobel.
(c) Brunner.
(d) Monaco.

10. Why does the large black soldier in the breakfast hall suggest that the three of them should stick together?
(a) Because they are all afraid.
(b) Because they are all in the same platoon.
(c) Because they are all black.
(d) Because they are all poor.

11. In what state does Richie complete his basic training?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Maine.

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

13. During the friendly fire of the Charlie Company patrol, how many American soldiers are killed?
(a) No American soldiers were killed.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Seven.
(d) Seventeen.

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

15. What board game does Richie play twice a week?
(a) Backgammon.
(b) Checkers.
(c) Chinese checkers.
(d) Chess.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which military leader dies in a hospital after the attack?

2. Which of RIchie's high school teachers told him to stop being an observer in life?

3. In what Japanese city does Richie's airplane have a layover?

4. Who approaches Richie to tell him that his medical records still haven't arrived?

5. When going on pacification missions, Lobel compares their company to outlaws in what type of movie?

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