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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seventeen, Light at the End of the Tunnel to Paris, Chapter Eighteen, Prayers on the Road to Paris,Chapter Nineteen, The Observation Post, Chapter Twenty, Landing Zone Bravo,Chapter Twenty-One, The Railroad to Paris, Chapter Twenty-Two, Who They W.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What proclamation does Doc Peret repeatedly make as the squad travels on the cart?
(a) They will all be court-martialed.
(b) Armageddon is nigh.
(c) Cacciato is dead.
(d) The war is over.

2. From what ailment is Lieutenant Corson suffering at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Gout.
(c) A tapeworm.
(d) Pneumonia.

3. How does Cacciato respond to the Third Squad's lighting a smoke grenade early in their pursuit?
(a) He waves at them.
(b) He speads up his pace.
(c) He fires on them.
(d) He lights his own smoke grenade.

4. On the bumpy ride into hot territory in Chapter 20, which Squad member falls to the floor of the Chinook and cannot get up?
(a) Stick Harris.
(b) Eddie Lazzutti.
(c) Harold Murphy.
(d) Pederson.

5. In Chapter 22, the author mentions that which man was never expected to survive the war and didn't?
(a) Billy Boy Watkins.
(b) Ready Mix.
(c) Frenchie Tucker.
(d) Pederson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What appliance did Doc Peret disassemble as a child?

2. After what mid-west American town is the hotel where Third Squad checks in in Mandalay named?

3. In Chapter 16, what do the men start doing to pass time during a period of relative quiet?

4. What does Cacciato leave as a booby trap for Third Squad in this chapter?

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

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