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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. What impeding event occurs as the Third Squad crosses the river into Laos?
(a) Eddie Lazzutti sets off a mine.
(b) Lieutenant Corson passes out.
(c) The Viet Cong capture them.
(d) They are ordered to turn back by a beret.

2. In Chapter 16, what do the men start doing to pass time during a period of relative quiet?
(a) Shooting makeshift skeet.
(b) Playing basketball.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Shooting craps.

3. When do the the events of Chapter 2 occur in relation to Chapter 1?
(a) The same day.
(b) The next day.
(c) Days before.
(d) An indeterminant number of days after.

4. In Chapter 27, what assumption about himself does Paul Berlin acknowledge is true?
(a) He will not fight well.
(b) He is a writer at heart.
(c) He does not believe in the War.
(d) He will never really leave the Midwest.

5. Who is the first person that Doc Peret toasts in Chapter 18?
(a) Paul Berlin.
(b) Cacciato.
(c) Li Van Hgoc.
(d) Eddie Lazzutti.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item do the men find in their search of the train in Chapter 21?

2. How long has Li Van Hgoc been sentenced to duty in the tunnel?

3. How is Cacciato dressed when Paul Berlin spots him in Chapter 18?

4. At what is Pederson shooting as he dies in the paddy?

5. How does Cacciato escape while Paul Berlin is passed out?

(see the answer key)

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