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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Forty, By a Stretch of the Imagination.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Paul Berlin plan to stop doing after the war is over?
(a) Shaving.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Cursing.
(d) Drinking.

2. Who is the gun-chewing boy in Chapter 31?
(a) Stink Harris.
(b) Eddie Lazzuti.
(c) Harold Murphy.
(d) Cacciato.

3. In Chapter 36, what does Cacciato slip through the prison window to Paul Berlin?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A cyanide capsule.
(c) Rations.
(d) A rifle.

4. 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 has taken him away from death.
(c) It will be a great war story.
(d) It will let him see the world.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Cacciato doing while the other men vote to murder Sidney Martin?

3. What is Lieutenant Martin's primary concern in Vietnam?

4. Before leaving for Vietnam, Berlin's father tells him to keep an eye out for what?

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

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