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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twenty-Six, Repose on the Road to Paris, Chapter Twenty-Seven, Flights of Imagination, Chapter Twenty-Eight, The Observation Post.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 9, what does Stink Harris refuse to do for Doc Peret?
(a) Go into the tunnel.
(b) Talk to the dying Bernie Lynn.
(c) Bag Frenchie Tucker's body.
(d) Give Bernie Lynn an injection.

4. After what mid-west American town is the hotel where Third Squad checks in in Mandalay named?
(a) Indianapolis.
(b) Peoria.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) St. Louis.

5. How is Cacciato dressed when Paul Berlin spots him in Chapter 18?
(a) As a businessman.
(b) As a GI.
(c) As a monk.
(d) As a woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following items is not among those that Li Van Hgoc serves to Third Squad in Chapter 13?

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

3. In Chapter 21, the delirious Lieutenant tells Paul Berlin what truth about their situation?

4. Who falls in love in Delhi?

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

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