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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. How does Cacciato finally answer Paul Berlin's plea to agree to the murder?
(a) He tells Sidney Martin about the conspiracy.
(b) He lets Paul Berlin touch his hand to the grenade.
(c) He tells Oscar Johnson he is in.
(d) He walks away into the jungle.

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

3. Which member of Third Squad jumps off the ship and disappears at the end of Chapter 38?
(a) Doc Peret.
(b) Stink Harris.
(c) Oscar Johnson.
(d) Eddie Lazzutti.

4. Which member of Third Squad always daydreams abut what he'd do with a million dollars?
(a) Eddie Lazzutti.
(b) Oscar Johnson.
(c) Stink Harris.
(d) Doc Peret.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Early in his arrival, Paul Berlin is warned by another soldier not to do what in regarding a paddy?

2. To what movie player of villains does Stink Harris compare the executed man?

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

4. After New Years Day in Chapter 29, what year is it?

5. What did Billy Boy and the others do to pass the time on the afternoon he died?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Third Squad gain control of the VW van?

2. How does Third Squad determine happens to Buff's big gun?

3. What lesson does Oscar Johnson declare should be learned from Buff's death?

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

5. What public event does Third Squad witness in Chapter 29?

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

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

8. How does Doc Peret get Third Squad out of trouble with Iranian authorities in Chapter 29?

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

10. Why does Doc Peret have to admit to the Cacciato chase in Chapter 33?

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