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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bit of information does Oscar Johnson not give to Cacciato during their parlay?
(a) The lieutenant will make a deal with him.
(b) He cannot walk to Paris.
(c) He will starve to death in the jungle.
(d) He is facing a court martial.

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

3. In the latrine in Chapter 4, whose name does Paul Berlin see written on the wall?
(a) His own.
(b) Oscar Johnson.
(c) Cacciato.
(d) Stink Harris.

4. What appliance did Doc Peret disassemble as a child?
(a) A television.
(b) An air conditioner.
(c) A refrigerator.
(d) A HAM radio.

5. According to Doc Peret, soldiers need to beware of an excess of what substance?
(a) Antibiotics.
(b) Phlegm.
(c) LSD.
(d) Bile.

6. What action do the two older women continually do as they ride with Third Squad?
(a) Stringing beans.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Singing.
(d) Weeping.

7. How does Doc Peret describe the quiet of the village in Chapter 16?
(a) A deafening roar.
(b) An oasis.
(c) A vacuum.
(d) A spa.

8. When do the the events of Chapter 2 occur in relation to Chapter 1?
(a) The same day.
(b) The next day.
(c) Days before.
(d) An indeterminant number of days after.

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

10. How does Li Van Hgoc maintain constant communication with the world above him?
(a) A periscope.
(b) A telegraph machine.
(c) A series of tubes.
(d) A foot messenger.

11. What body part does Vaught lose after leaving the front?
(a) His testicle.
(b) His ear.
(c) His arm.
(d) His leg.

12. In what American city did Jolly Chand live for a period?
(a) Baltimore.
(b) New York.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Atlanta.

13. Through what nearby country does Cacciato tell Berlin he intends to pass on his way to Paris?
(a) Cambodia.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Laos.
(d) China.

14. What does Paul Berlin's host in Chapter 27 tell him he does not have?
(a) A history.
(b) A soul.
(c) A mission.
(d) A friend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 8, who is supposed to relieve Paul Berlin of his post?

2. Which of the following is not an activity that Sarkin Aung Wan and Paul Berlin do to pass the time in Delhi?

3. From what ailment is Lieutenant Corson suffering at the beginning of the novel?

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?

5. What item does Jolly Chand serve Third Squad in Chapter 23 that upsets her husband?

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