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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Thirty-One, Night March, Chapter Thirty-Two, The Observation Post.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While practicing in a fake minefield in Chapter 4, how do new soldiers know that have tripped a "mine?"
(a) An NCO tells them.
(b) No one ever trips a mine.
(c) A siren goes off.
(d) A flag pops up.

2. In the latrine in Chapter 4, whose name does Paul Berlin see written on the wall?
(a) Cacciato.
(b) Stink Harris.
(c) His own.
(d) Oscar Johnson.

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

4. Which of the following is an unofficial SOP mentioned in Chapter 4?
(a) Smoking pot.
(b) Taking local women along with the Squad.
(c) Blowing tunnels instead of searching them.
(d) Burning empty villages.

5. In Chapter 19, what does Paul Berlin realize is the true value of the Cacciato pursuit?
(a) It has brought the squad together.
(b) It will let him see the world.
(c) It has taken him away from death.
(d) It will be a great war story.

Short Answer Questions

1. What official houses Third Squad at their destination in of Chapter 27?

2. In Chapter 11, Sidney Martin calls in a massive air-strike following the death of which of his men?

3. What did Billy Boy and the others do to pass the time on the afternoon he died?

4. According to Doc Peret, soldiers need to beware of an excess of what substance?

5. What does Paul Berlin's host in Chapter 27 tell him he does not have?

(see the answer key)

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