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

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

3. Which of the following is not among the lessons Paul Berlin enumerates in Chapter 42?
(a) Dead men are heavy.
(b) Keep your head down.
(c) You hear the shot that gets you.
(d) It hurts get shot.

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter 31, as Third Squad stops during the march, what does Paul Berlin do?
(a) Weep.
(b) Pee in a paddy.
(c) Write a letter.
(d) Fall asleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Paul Berlin surprised to still see in French countryside?

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

3. What action does each man in Third Squad perform to signify his agreement in killing Sidney Martin?

4. What did Paul Berlin consider majoring in when he thought of attending the University of Iowa?

5. To what does Eddie Lazzutti compare Buff's body throughout Chapter 41?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Sarkin Aung Wan and Paul Berlin's debate in Chapter 44.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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