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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Maggie?
(a) Martha's daughter.
(b) Toddy's best friend.
(c) Virginia's daughter.
(d) Lewis and Toddy's daughter.

2. What is the Riviera?
(a) A costal area between Italy and France.
(b) The most dangerous patrol area near Camp 413.
(c) An expensive hotel in Las Vegas.
(d) The resort area for troops in Vietnam.

3. Why does Lewis dislike Paul Trible?
(a) Trible lobbies to send troops to Cambodia.
(b) Trible was accused of extortion two years previous.
(c) Trible is Tom Downing's opponent.
(d) He thinks Trible is a hypocrite.

4. What historic event occurs in Chapter 6?
(a) The Challenger space shuttle explodes.
(b) Neil Armstrong walks on the moon.
(c) Martin Luther King is assassinated.
(d) The Voyager space probe is launched.

5. What does Nicolai Knerick give Lewis?
(a) Money to pay his campaign debts.
(b) A copy of his book.
(c) One of his war medals.
(d) Lessons in the Russian language.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what point in his life does the author begin telling his story?

2. What is Marble Mountain?

3. Who is Lieutenant Doan?

4. What group does Lewis join in Chapter 10?

5. Why does Lewis take a six week leave of absence from work in Chapter 8?

(see the answer key)

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