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

3. Why does Lewis write long letters to his father while on duty at the Tu Cau Bridge?
(a) The poor conditions make him appreciate home.
(b) He is homesick.
(c) He is bored.
(d) Combat has made him feel closer to his father.

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

5. Who is McMoangle?
(a) The hospital corpsman who encourages and assists Lewis.
(b) The doctor in charge of Lewis' hand surgery.
(c) Lewis's firstborn son.
(d) Lewis's physical therapist.

6. What difficulties do Lewis and his sister have to adapt to when they move to Saluda, Virginia?
(a) The responsibility of household chores.
(b) Chesty's long absences.
(c) The sudden changes in climate.
(d) The lack of children their own ages.

7. What does Paul Barents teach Lewis?
(a) The value of survival.
(b) To deal with one day at a time.
(c) How to transfer his own body out of a wheelchair.
(d) How to operate a remote control wheelchair.

8. In Chapter 1, what responsibility does Lewis's father have at Camp Pendleton?
(a) Training troops for Vietnam.
(b) Reacclimating returning GIs.
(c) Training troops for Korea.
(d) Gathering intelligence about German troop movement.

9. Why does Lewis' platoon look forward to patrolling the Tu Cau Bridge?
(a) The ocean breezes cool the air as they patrol.
(b) It is a relatively safe and easy patrol.
(c) The vendors there sell cigarettes and beer.
(d) The bunker there offers showers and hot food.

10. Who is the first visitor to see Lewis after his injury?
(a) Captain Woods.
(b) Toddy.
(c) Lewis's father.
(d) Phil Leslie.

11. In Chapter 3, what does Lewis ask Toddy to send him?
(a) Canned food.
(b) Paper and pens.
(c) A water poncho.
(d) A photograph.

12. What position does Lewis desire in the military?
(a) Artillery officer.
(b) Combat platoon leader.
(c) Combat engineer.
(d) Judge Advocate.

13. Why is the platoon's mission into the DMZ compromised?
(a) Corporal Watson steps on a land mine.
(b) Lewis loses radio contact with Captain Woods.
(c) A forbidden campfire alerts the Vietcong to the platoon's position.
(d) There is a delay due to Corporal Hitch's heat exhaustion.

14. In Chapter 1, why is Lewis sometimes beaten up by other boys living on base?
(a) They are jealous of his privileged life.
(b) Lewis often brags about his father's accomplishments.
(c) Lewis is smaller than all the other boys.
(d) Lewis taunts the other boys to provoke a fight.

15. Who is Commander Shaughnessey?
(a) Lewis's physical therapist.
(b) The nurse who bathes Lewis's wounds.
(c) The hospital corpsman who encourages and assists Lewis.
(d) The doctor in charge of Lewis's hand surgery.