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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city are the three refugee women in the cart from?
(a) Saigon.
(b) Cholon
(c) Phnom Penh.
(d) My Lai.

2. In Chapter 5, what month does Paul Berlin determine it is?
(a) April.
(b) February.
(c) November.
(d) July.

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

4. In Chapter 21, the delirious Lieutenant tells Paul Berlin what truth about their situation?
(a) They and Cacciato are one and the same.
(b) They have been kidnapped.
(c) They are never returning to Vietnam.
(d) They will all die soon.

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

6. Which of the following names is not among the dead listed in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Frenchie Tucker.
(b) Ready Mix.
(c) Lt. Sidney Martin.
(d) Stink Harris.

7. What item does Cacciato strew on the road to guide Third Squad?
(a) Dog tags.
(b) Rice.
(c) Bullets.
(d) M&Ms.

8. 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) Shooting craps.
(d) Fishing.

9. At what is Pederson shooting as he dies in the paddy?
(a) The chinook.
(b) The water.
(c) The sky.
(d) The trees.

10. In Chapter 19, what does Paul Berlin realize is the true value of the Cacciato pursuit?
(a) It will let him see the world.
(b) It will be a great war story.
(c) It has brought the squad together.
(d) It has taken him away from death.

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

12. What name does Sarkin Aung Wan call Paul Berlin?
(a) Spec Four.
(b) Nixon.
(c) GI Joe.
(d) Germany.

13. What item does Jolly Chand serve Third Squad in Chapter 23 that upsets her husband?
(a) French Fries.
(b) Beef.
(c) Gin.
(d) Naan.

14. 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) Harold Murphy.
(c) Pederson.
(d) Eddie Lazzutti.

15. In Chapter 9, why does Sidney Martin send Bernie Lynn into the tunnel?
(a) To find maps.
(b) To blow it.
(c) To search for VC.
(d) To retrieve a soldier's body.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of animal do the Third Squad see Cacciato swinging around in this chapter?

2. What impeding event occurs as the Third Squad crosses the river into Laos?

3. In Chapter 14, why is Frenchie Tucker about to leave the front when he is shot?

4. Where does Paul Berlin decide he will take a flat when he moves to Paris after the war?

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

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