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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Forty, By a Stretch of the Imagination.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Captain Rhallon repeatedly say he would rather be doing than legal work?
(a) Making hummus.
(b) Killing Kurds.
(c) Delivering mail.
(d) Hocking newspapers.

2. What form of public execution does the Squad attend in Chapter 29?
(a) A firing squad.
(b) A stoning.
(c) A hanging.
(d) A beheading.

3. According to Doc Peret, what are the two reasons why soldiers choose not to desert?
(a) Despair and inebriation.
(b) Fear and self-respect.
(c) Stupidity and weakness.
(d) Duty and belief in mission.

4. What holiday does Third Squad celebrate in Tehran?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Christmas.
(c) St. Valentine's Day.
(d) Haloween.

5. What does Paul Berlin plan to stop doing after the war is over?
(a) Cursing.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Shaving.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Li Van Hgoc maintain constant communication with the world above him?

2. Why does Doc declare the Nazis and Japanese lost World War II?

3. What words does Paul Berlin state to himself without emotion as he watches Chapter 11's air-strike?

4. In this chapter, to what does the girl in the van compare to the War?

5. Why are Third Squad arrested in Chapter 29?

(see the answer key)

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