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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From which soldier does Richie borrow a Bible so that he can read the Lord's prayer?
(a) Rings.
(b) Peewee.
(c) Brew.
(d) Lobel.

3. What is Peewee's real name?
(a) Harold Gates.
(b) Howard Gates.
(c) Henry Gates.
(d) Humphry Gates.

4. What state is the extraordinarily strong black soldier from?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Lousiana.
(d) Georgia.

5. When going on pacification missions, Lobel compares their company to outlaws in what type of movie?
(a) Horror.
(b) Foreign Film.
(c) Western.
(d) Science Fiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the injured American soldiers transported out of the battle zone?

2. Which soldier approaches Richie to confess that he believes he is responsible for their leader's death during the ambush?

3. Which of the following are the soldiers NOT warned away from at their new camp?

4. Which of the following is NOT a reason why Richie joined the army?

5. How does Richie injure his knee?

Short Essay Questions

1. What news does Peewee receive from home in a letter from Earlene?

2. Why isn't Richie able to answer the question about his future goals when speaking to the Red Cross workers?

3. While they are on patrol together, what does Richie tell Lobel about his letter-writing problems, and what is Lobel's response?

4. Why do the American troops ambush the village that they had recently pacified?

5. What happens to the soldiers while they are on a layover in Osaka, Japan?

6. What is the reaction of the soldiers when they receive their assignments to be moved to Chu Lia?

7. How does RIchie cope with the trauma that he witnesses while on patrol with the Charlie Company?

8. Why does Lobel feel that he is responsible for Lieutenant Carroll's death, and how does Richie console him?

9. What happens when Richie is out on patrol with the Charlie Company?

10. What offer does Lieutenant Carroll give to Richie in regard to his medical records, and what is Richie's response?

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