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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Nights.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the best definition of the term shorn as used in the following sentence? Everyone is sober, shaven and shorn after raising their hands and reciting an oath.
(a) Deprived of something
(b) Short hair cut
(c) Resigned
(d) Closely guarded

2. Which of the following is the best definition of the term lethargy?
(a) Weariness
(b) Sluggishness
(c) Laziness
(d) Indolence

3. In which of the following wars did O'Brien's parents serve?
(a) WWI
(b) WWII
(c) Korea
(d) Vietnam

4. In what branch of the military does O'Brien serve?
(a) Navy
(b) Marines
(c) Army
(d) Air Force

5. Where do the members of Alpha Company go when faced with an incoming explosive ordinance?
(a) Into the forest
(b) Dive to the ground with no cover
(c) Scatter into abandoned homes
(d) Foxhole

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was not one of O'Brien's common high school activities?

2. From which area are the insurgents?

3. What do the soldiers decide to do when they discover a tunnel in a village rather than sending a soldier down?

4. Which of the following terms best describes they type of explosive attack which occurred in Chapter four?

5. Which of the following describes the nickname for the time period in which O'Brien was born?

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