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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 new Lieutenant of Richie's platoon.
(a) Gingham.
(b) Granger.
(c) Gearhart.
(d) Giddings.

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

3. What is the name of the soldier that approaches Richie and Peewee in the breakfast hall?
(a) Rosy.
(b) Rings.
(c) Royal.
(d) Russ.

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

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

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

7. What news does Peewee's girlfriend write to tell him?
(a) That she has joined the army.
(b) That she has dropped out of school.
(c) That she has gotten married.
(d) That she is pregnant.

8. Where did the men die that Peewee and Richie are sent to replace?
(a) In an exploded tank.
(b) On top of a mountain.
(c) In a ditch.
(d) Out at sea.

9. What is the name of the extraordinarily strong black soldier that Richie and Peewee meet?
(a) Richardson.
(b) Samson.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Peterson.

10. To keep his mind off of the fears of dying, what does Richie fantasize about while fighting?
(a) Taking a long vacation.
(b) Beautiful women.
(c) Foreign wine.
(d) Expensive cars.

11. 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.

12. What is the name of the soldier who begins crying on the truck ride to the new camp?
(a) Smithers.
(b) Codsworth.
(c) Billingtons.
(d) Jenkins.

13. After the first Vietcong enemy was killed, how many enemies does Sergeant Simpson claim were killed?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Three.

14. When the troops go on pacification missions, who are they trying to convince the villagers are the enemy?
(a) The communists.
(b) The French.
(c) The American soldiers.
(d) Their fellow villagers.

15. Which of the following best describes Richie's feelings during the ambush?
(a) Valiant.
(b) Vulnerable.
(c) Vivacious.
(d) Vengeful.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During the friendly fire of the Charlie Company patrol, how many American soldiers are killed?

3. What war is going on during the years in which the novel is set?

4. How long do Peewee and Richie wait before receiving their camp assignment?

5. When he was in high school, who told Richie that he had a good shot of getting into college?

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