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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 | Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 14 What is Gilliland looking forward to after his ten years of military service?
(a) Travelling across the USA
(b) Rest and relaxation
(c) Working as a private detective
(d) Joining the police force

2. Chapter 3 Where is Hodges processed and briefed?
(a) Hiroshima
(b) Da Nang
(c) An Hoa
(d) Okinawa

3. What changes Hodges' mind about being excited to be in the war?
(a) He is slightly injured as he lies on his cot.
(b) The severed hand of a soldier lands near him when a bomb goes off fifty feet from his cot.
(c) He doesn't like being in the jungle.
(d) He is not assigned to the unit he wanted.

4. What is the extent of Vitelli's injuries?
(a) He is shot in the foot.
(b) He has a lethal shot to the chest.
(c) He has shrapnel in the abdomen.
(d) He is shot in the neck.

5. Chapter 9 What type of man is Angus Austin, the new Platoon Sergeant?
(a) He is aggressive and mean spirited.
(b) He is funny and exuberant.
(c) He is friendly, mild, and child-like.
(d) He is humorless, dry voiced, and old for thirty one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Goodrich's strength as he sits contemplating after the battle?

2. Chapter 4 What is the injury that Ogre sustains during enemy fire?

3. What is the plan Senator devises to make him sick enough to go for treatment to the Battalion Aid Station?

4. Chapter 10 What is available to the men at Liberty Bridge?

5. What does Speedy offer to give Senator when he says that he wants to resign from the Marines?

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