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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 16, what do the men start doing to pass time during a period of relative quiet?
(a) Shooting makeshift skeet.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Playing basketball.
(d) Shooting craps.

2. What official houses Third Squad at their destination in of Chapter 27?
(a) A Governor.
(b) An Ambassador.
(c) A Mayor.
(d) A Colonel.

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

4. In Chapter 27, what assumption about himself does Paul Berlin acknowledge is true?
(a) He does not believe in the War.
(b) He is a writer at heart.
(c) He will never really leave the Midwest.
(d) He will not fight well.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 21, the delirious Lieutenant tells Paul Berlin what truth about their situation?

2. What race does Doc Peret say is evident in Cacciato's appearance?

3. In Chapter 5, what month does Paul Berlin determine it is?

4. According to Doc Peret, soldiers need to beware of an excess of what substance?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Third Squad end up on a cart with three Vietnamese women in Chapter 6?

2. Why do Stink Harris and Bernie Lynn have a falling out?

3. Describe Lieutenant Corson.

4. Why do living circumstances become awkward for Third Squad in Delhi?

5. Why does Paul Berlin feel guilty for Frenchie Tucker and Bernie Lynn's deaths?

6. What are Sidney Martin's values regarding war as described in Chapter 25?

7. Describe some ways that the men of the Paul Berlin's platoon organize themselves.

8. What difficulty arises when Lieutenant Corson tries to leave Li Van Hgoc's tunnel in Chapter 15?

9. How does the quiet of the village in Chapter 16 become insidious?

10. How does the Squad figure out that they are on the same train that Cacciato took?

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