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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Paul Berlin consider majoring in when he thought of attending the University of Iowa?
(a) Architecture.
(b) Political Science.
(c) Education.
(d) Biology.

2. What principality is Third Squad in at the beginning of Chapter 43?
(a) Monaco.
(b) Lichtenstein.
(c) Vatican City.
(d) Luxemburg.

3. What does the boy in Chapter 31 do involuntarily from time to time?
(a) Fart.
(b) Do situps.
(c) Fiddle with his rifle.
(d) Whistle.

4. Where does the girl say she has contacts that can help the soldiers escape military duty?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Norwark.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Netherlands.

5. What is Cacciato doing while the other men vote to murder Sidney Martin?
(a) Searching the VC tunnel.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Relieving himself.
(d) Swimming.

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

7. What form of public execution does the Squad attend in Chapter 29?
(a) A beheading.
(b) A firing squad.
(c) A stoning.
(d) A hanging.

8. According to Doc Peret, what are the two reasons why soldiers choose not to desert?
(a) Despair and inebriation.
(b) Fear and self-respect.
(c) Stupidity and weakness.
(d) Duty and belief in mission.

9. 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.

10. To what movie player of villains does Stink Harris compare the executed man?
(a) Peter Lorre.
(b) Sidney Greenstreet.
(c) Boris Karloff.
(d) Richard Widmark.

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

12. What part of Buff's body does Doc Peret refuse to collect?
(a) His foot.
(b) His head.
(c) His hand.
(d) His ear.

13. Who eventually searches the VC tunnel in Chapter 34?
(a) Sidney Martin.
(b) Paul Berlin.
(c) Doc Peret.
(d) Cacciato.

14. Where does Paul Berlin first spot Cacciato in Chapter 44?
(a) An outdoor market.
(b) A cathedral.
(c) A movie house.
(d) A hotel lobby.

15. What clothing accessory does Paul Berlin recall vividly about a young,crying Vietnamese girl in Chapter 39?
(a) Cracked glasses.
(b) A Mickey Mouse watch.
(c) Hoop earrings.
(d) A headband.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Doc Peret in Chapter 29, what is the root of Lieutenant Corson's illness?

2. Where does Third Squad determine it has to bring Cacciato to avoid being labeled deserters?

3. Which of the following is not among the lessons Paul Berlin enumerates in Chapter 42?

4. What does Captain Rhallon repeatedly say he would rather be doing than legal work?

5. What is Paul Berlin surprised to still see in French countryside?

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