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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Corporal Turner?
(a) The radio operator.
(b) Squad leader.
(c) The senior corpsman
(d) The platoon guide.

2. In the letter Dr. Sandzen shows Lewis, what does the Navy Surgeon General advise his subordinate commands to do to all active-duty injured veterans?
(a) Administer life saving treatment only.
(b) Return them to duty as soon as possible.
(c) Send them stateside.
(d) Retire those who are unable to return to duty.

3. What does Lewis prevent his troops from doing to an enemy corpse in Chapter 3?
(a) Decorating it with beer cans.
(b) Hanging it in a tree branch.
(c) Throwing it in the river for the crocodiles.
(d) Urinating on it.

4. What bothers Lewis about being in public after the election?
(a) He feels ignored.
(b) He dislikes the constant attention from strangers.
(c) He no longer likes the attention he gets from strangers.
(d) He feels he can no longer make a difference.

5. How does Lewis view the Vietnam conflict?
(a) As a useless war.
(b) As a gruesome, yet necessary tragedy.
(c) As his worst mistake.
(d) As the beginning of the end of the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Lewis receive from Virginia in Chapter 6?

2. Why was Lewis' predecessor relieved of duty?

3. Why does Lewis become angry with the villagers his platoon is supposed to protect?

4. Where do Toddy and Lewis decide to go at the end of Chapter 9?

5. Why do people call Lewis in Chapter 9?

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