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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, My Lai in May.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the Vietnamese boys follow the soldiers?
(a) Watch and report to the Viet Cong
(b) Get candy
(c) Monitor locations
(d) To clean weapons

2. With whom must any soldier who wishes to meet with the battalion commander meet with prior to being allowed to meet with the battalion commander?
(a) Morale officer
(b) Drill sergeant
(c) Commander's secretary
(d) Chaplain

3. In what year does O'Brien go for basic training?
(a) 1962
(b) 1968
(c) 1965
(d) 1970

4. Where does O'Brien say is the only place that Alpha Companies friendships are deep?
(a) Foxholes
(b) When someone is killed
(c) While on R&R
(d) While marching

5. What does the battalion commander believe is O'Brien's problem?
(a) Afraid of dying
(b) Inadequate training
(c) Poor hygiene
(d) Moral struggle

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not an accurate description of guerrilla warfare?

2. What game do O'Brien and Captain Johansen play?

3. How do the soldiers take vengeance?

4. What does it mean to get wasted to the members of Alpha Company?

5. In what way does O'Brien classify himself?

(see the answer key)

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