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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Phony join the Marines?
(a) He wants to serve his country.
(b) He will come out of the military with a clean record.
(c) He wants to be a hero.
(d) He wants to atone for his bad decisions.

2. What is the plan Senator devises to make him sick enough to go for treatment to the Battalion Aid Station?
(a) He hopes to get an infection from rubbing jam into his gook sores.
(b) He plans to break his finger.
(c) He eats rotten food hoping to get food poisoning.
(d) He decides to shoot off a toe.

3. What does Dan give a mamasan to give to her children?
(a) A can of fruit
(b) A chocolate bar
(c) Three cans of C-ration meat
(d) A wooden car he whittled

4. What happens to Austin as he dives to the ground to check on the bunkers?
(a) Austin's foot is blown off.
(b) Phony launches a grenade near Austin.
(c) Austin is hit by enemy fire.
(d) Austin breaks his arm in the fall.

5. What happens as Waterbull sits under his hooch looking at a picture?
(a) He is bitten by a poisonous snake.
(b) A grenade is thrown into his hooch.
(c) He starts to cry as he thinks of home.
(d) He is attacked by the enemy and shot three times.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Dan's family when he sneaks away from his unit to bring his family to safety?

2. Who gives Gilliland a ride part of the way to meet his wife?

3. What is Cannonball's reaction to Homicide's comments about fighting a white man's war?

4. How many of the four men on first watch at LP duty survive the night?

5. Chapter 13 What is a sign that the enemy is near?

(see the answer key)

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