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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time is it at the end of Chapter 42?
(a) 6:00 a.m.
(b) 4:00 a.m.
(c) 3:00 a.m.
(d) 5:00 a.m.

2. Cacciato tells Paul Berlin that the way to Paris is simple after one passes what city?
(a) Athens.
(b) Prague.
(c) Berlin.
(d) Istanbul.

3. What does Captain Rhallon repeatedly say he would rather be doing than legal work?
(a) Killing Kurds.
(b) Hocking newspapers.
(c) Making hummus.
(d) Delivering mail.

4. The street the Squad takes to escape Tehran is named after what American President?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Eisenhower.
(c) Roosevelt.
(d) Washington.

5. What is Paul Berlin surprised to still see in French countryside?
(a) Castles.
(b) Viet Cong.
(c) German trenches.
(d) World War II damage.

6. In Chapter 43, what does Sarkin Aung Wan say Paul Berlin has to do to prove his love?
(a) Renounce his US citizenship.
(b) Marry her.
(c) Get an apartment in Paris.
(d) Kill Oscar Johnson.

7. After New Years Day in Chapter 29, what year is it?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1971.

8. Which of the following is not among the lessons Paul Berlin enumerates in Chapter 42?
(a) Dead men are heavy.
(b) Keep your head down.
(c) It hurts get shot.
(d) You hear the shot that gets you.

9. According to Oscar Johnson, what is the only lesson to be learned from Buff's death?
(a) Don't ask for trouble.
(b) Don't be stupid.
(c) Be lucky.
(d) Don't get shot.

10. Who eventually gets Buff's helmet in Chapter 41?
(a) Cacciato.
(b) Oscar Johnson.
(c) Harold Murphy.
(d) Doc Peret.

11. In Chapter 45, what does Paul Berlin recall is the last word he ever said to Cacciato?
(a) Goodbye.
(b) Go.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

12. What item does Paul Berlin borrow from the sleeping Eddie in Chapter 30?
(a) A rifle.
(b) A helmet.
(c) A scope.
(d) Peach rations.

13. As he marches with Third Squad in Chapter 31, what does Paul Berlin plan to do in the coming weeks?
(a) Learn to get by on two hours of sleep.
(b) Desert.
(c) Write a letter to his father.
(d) Learn to act like them.

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

15. What are the men entering at the very end of Chapter 41?
(a) A burning village.
(b) The thick brush.
(c) A scorched trail.
(d) A paddy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of Third Squad always daydreams abut what he'd do with a million dollars?

2. How does Cacciato characterize the death of Sidney Martin in Chapter 36?

3. Which of the following is not among the list of charges lodged against Third Squad?

4. At the end of Chapter 40, Paul Berlin reasons that the root goal or the Vietnam War is to spread what?

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

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