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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. What race does Doc Peret say is evident in Cacciato's appearance?
(a) Slavic.
(b) Gypsy.
(c) Mongol.
(d) Maori.

2. From what ailment is Lieutenant Corson suffering at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Gout.
(c) Pneumonia.
(d) A tapeworm.

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

4. The sight of which soldier fills Sidney Martin with pride in Chapter 25?
(a) Cacciato.
(b) Eddie Lazzutti.
(c) Pederson.
(d) Paul Berlin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Paul Berlin think about during the Chapter 25 mountain march?

2. At what town does Lieutenant Corson decide to cut off Cacciato in Chapter 10?

3. In what American city did Jolly Chand live for a period?

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

5. What impeding event occurs as the Third Squad crosses the river into Laos?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the result of Chapter 3's vote?

2. How does Sarkin Aung Wan react to Paul Berlin's description of their mission?

3. Describe Paul Berlin's call home in Chapter 24.

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

5. Why can the Mayor of Ovissil not read Paul Berlin's history?

6. How do two men from Third Squad die in Chapter 9?

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

8. Describe Lieutenant Corson.

9. What does Paul Berlin hope regarding Cacciato?

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

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