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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What military campaign is launched in January of 1968?
(a) Operation Barbarossa.
(b) The Tet offensive.
(c) Operation Desert Shield.
(d) The Easter offensive.

2. What lesson does Lewis learn the day his eye is blackened?
(a) Always watch where you step.
(b) Be sure of your target and of what is beyond it.
(c) Watch your front and trust that others will have your back.
(d) Boys do not cry in front of grown men.

3. Where does Toddy plan to live while Lewis is fighting in the war?
(a) With Martha.
(b) With her parents.
(c) In base housing.
(d) With Virginia.

4. What does Eddie make?
(a) Beautiful hand blown glassware.
(b) Custom-made artificial legs.
(c) Art from discarded weaponry.
(d) Hand rolled cigarettes.

5. Who is Phil Leslie?
(a) The radio operator who was shot.
(b) The Staff Sergeant who ran the platoon before Lewis' arrival.
(c) The corpsman for Lewis' platoon.
(d) One of Nixon's political advisors in Vietnam.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1951, what does Lewis's father give him for his birthday?

2. What is Captain Thanh's opinion of Lewis's presence in Vietnam?

3. What does Lewis see his father do for the first time the day he leaves home for war?

4. How does Lewis mark the landing zone for the medical chopper in Chapter 4?

5. Who is Fidget?

(see the answer key)

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