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

2. In this chapter, to what does the girl in the van compare to the War?
(a) The Catholic Church.
(b) Her last relationship.
(c) Fights with her father.
(d) Her two year of college.

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

4. What action does each man in Third Squad perform to signify his agreement in killing Sidney Martin?
(a) Spit.
(b) Hand a bullet to Oscar Johnson.
(c) Raise his hand.
(d) Touch Oscar Johnson's grenade.

5. What famous military leader dies in Chapter 43?
(a) Douglas MacArthur.
(b) George S. Patton.
(c) Charles de Gaulle.
(d) Dwight Eisenhower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What principality is Third Squad in at the beginning of Chapter 43?

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

3. What season is it at the end of Chapter 40?

4. Who is the gun-chewing boy in Chapter 31?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 31, what haunting event happens to Paul Berlin on his first day in the mountains?

2. Why does Cacciato require convincing regarding the Martin murder?

3. Describe the hypothetical conversation Paul Berlin imagines with the young girl in hoop earrings.

4. How does Paul Berlin feel about death in Chapter 32?

5. Why does Stink Harris jump off the ship at the end of Chapter 38?

6. What does Buff's body look like when Cacciato finds it in Chapter 41?

7. How does Lieutenant Martin precipitate his own murder in Chapter 34?

8. How does Paul Berlin plan plan to cope with his fears in Chapter 31?

9. Why does the Squad occasionally march down trails likely to be booby trapped?

10. How does Third Squad manage to depart the ocean liner at the beginning of Chapter 40?

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