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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Forty-One, Getting Shot, Chapter Forty-Two, The Observation Post.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Cacciato escape while Paul Berlin is passed out?
(a) By bicycle.
(b) By car.
(c) By train.
(d) By rickshaw.

2. Which European river do the men cross at the end of Chapter 40?
(a) The Seine.
(b) The Rhine.
(c) The Danube.
(d) The Rhine.

3. Which character begins falling in love with Sarkin Aung Wan?
(a) Lieutenant Corson.
(b) Doc Peret.
(c) Oscar Johnson.
(d) Paul Berlin.

4. Who falls in love in Delhi?
(a) Oscar Johnson.
(b) Doc Peret.
(c) Stink Harris.
(d) Lieutenant Corson.

5. In Chapter 25, why is the mountain road particularly bad for a march?
(a) It is horribly muddy.
(b) It is badly overgrown with roots and vines.
(c) It runs directly up the mountain without winding.
(d) It has been booby trapped by the VC.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the major at Paul Berlin's promotion review, why are they fighting in Vietnam?

2. After New Years Day in Chapter 29, what year is it?

3. What finally breaks the unnerving calm at the end of Chapter 16?

4. Who first informs the Lieutenant that Cacciato has gone AWOL?

5. Why does Sidney Martin take so long to get air support after the tunnel attacks?

(see the answer key)

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