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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. To what movie player of villains does Stink Harris compare the executed man?
(a) Richard Widmark.
(b) Peter Lorre.
(c) Boris Karloff.
(d) Sidney Greenstreet.

2. What does the girl in the van think must be the worst part of going to war?
(a) The guilt.
(b) The sleeplessness.
(c) The filth.
(d) The anxiety.

3. Who does Lieutenant Corson tell Paul Berlin to look out for when the latter says he will be staying in Paris?
(a) Cacciato.
(b) Sarkin Aung Wan.
(c) Oscar Johnson.
(d) Doc Peret.

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

5. In Chapter 45, what does Paul Berlin recall is the last word he ever said to Cacciato?
(a) Goodbye.
(b) Go.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What form of public execution does the Squad attend in Chapter 29?

2. To whom does Oscar Johnson offer the big gun before giving it to Harold Murphy?

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

4. What clothing accessory does Paul Berlin recall vividly about a young,crying Vietnamese girl in Chapter 39?

5. How does Cacciato characterize the death of Sidney Martin in Chapter 36?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Captain Rhallon.

6. How does Paul Berlin characterize the true war stories he has in Chapter 42?

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

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

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

10. What does Paul Berlin rationalize is the essential purpose of the Vietnam War at the end of Chapter 40?

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