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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 | Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who makes snide comments about the Chaplain who is leading a memorial service for the fallen men?
(a) Senator, Bagger, and Ottenburger
(b) Senator, Cat Man, and Flaky
(c) Snake, Cat Man, and Flaky
(d) Senator, Snake, and Flaky

2. What does Major Otto ask Hodges when they meet in the commander's tent?
(a) He asks Hodges if he regrets joining the Marines.
(b) He asks Hodges how long he has been on tour.
(c) He asks if Hodges is ready for the bush.
(d) He asks Hodges how many friends he has lost.

3. Where do the men gather as the sun begins to fall?
(a) They gather around a campfire.
(b) They gather in small clumps in four man holes.
(c) They gather in a jungle hut.
(d) They gather in the Lieutenant's tent.

4. Chapter 2 What is the reason that Bobby Hodges enlists in the armed forces?
(a) He is carrying on the family tradition of fighting for his country.
(b) He doesn't know what else to do with his life.
(c) His mother convinces him to go.
(d) He is trying to escape a petty crime.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 7 Who does a great job digging and engineering two holes that Hodges notices?

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

3. Where do Snake and Hodges plan to ambush next?

4. What does Goodrich plan to do when he gets into the Marines?

5. Chapter 8 How does Senator's friend, John Grimsley, get out of going to Vietnam?

(see the answer key)

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