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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What holiday does Third Squad celebrate in Tehran?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) Haloween.
(c) St. Valentine's Day.
(d) Christmas.

6. Why does the earths start shaking in Chapter 41?
(a) An aftershock from a quake.
(b) A typhoon is blowing in.
(c) Lieutenant Corson has called in an airstrike a few miles away.
(d) Another squad is blowing tunnels.

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

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

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

10. Where does Third Squad determine it has to bring Cacciato to avoid being labeled deserters?
(a) Combat headquarters in Saigon.
(b) The Pentagon.
(c) A US military base in Germany.
(d) The US embassy in Paris.

11. Early in his arrival, Paul Berlin is warned by another soldier not to do what in regarding a paddy?
(a) Pee in it.
(b) Drink from it.
(c) Wade in it.
(d) Bathe in it.

12. What does Third Squad give to Stink Harris as a joke in Chapter 39?
(a) Conscience of a Conservative.
(b) Profiles in Courage.
(c) A Vietnamese phrasebook.
(d) The Communist Manifesto.

13. According to the major at Paul Berlin's promotion review, why are they fighting in Vietnam?
(a) To win.
(b) To stop Communism.
(c) No reason.
(d) To spread Democracy.

14. At the end of Chapter 40, Paul Berlin reasons that the root goal or the Vietnam War is to spread what?
(a) Captialism.
(b) Liberty.
(c) Civility.
(d) Christianity.

15. Into what country does Third Squad arrive at the end of Chapter 36?
(a) Turkey.
(b) France.
(c) Czekoslovakia.
(d) Iraq.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Third Squad arrested in Chapter 29?

2. In this chapter, of what does Oscar Johnson say Stink Johnson was full?

3. In this chapter, to what does the girl in the van compare to the War?

4. What does Paul Berlin begin doing involuntarily as he lays awake in Chapter 31?

5. What time is it in Chapter 32?

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