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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. Why are Third Squad arrested in Chapter 29?
(a) Doc Peret discusses the Shah publicly.
(b) Eddie Lazzutti asks a cop directions.
(c) Oscar Johnson gets in a bar fight.
(d) Stink Harris insults a mullah.

2. After New Years Day in Chapter 29, what year is it?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1971.

3. Cacciato tells Paul Berlin that the way to Paris is simple after one passes what city?
(a) Prague.
(b) Istanbul.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Athens.

4. What finally breaks the unnerving calm at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) A new soldier shoots himself in the foot.
(b) Cacciato and Stink Harris get in a fistfight.
(c) The VC finally attacks the village.
(d) Rudy Chassler trips a mine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Doc Peret in Chapter 29, what is the root of Lieutenant Corson's illness?

2. What does the girl in the van think must be the worst part of going to war?

3. Which European river do the men cross at the end of Chapter 40?

4. At what town does Lieutenant Corson decide to cut off Cacciato in Chapter 10?

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

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