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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 a synonym for the term raucous as it is used to describe the bus ride to basic training?
(a) Guttural
(b) Rough
(c) Soft
(d) Boisterous

2. Which of the following does O'Brien begin reading?
(a) Chaucer
(b) Hemingway
(c) Plato
(d) Socrates

3. Who warned Alpha Company of an incoming explosive ordinance?
(a) No one
(b) Enemy
(c) O'Brien
(d) A Lieutenant

4. Which of the following describes the nickname for the time period in which O'Brien was born?
(a) Baby boom
(b) Depression
(c) Holocaust
(d) Cold war

5. Which of the following was one of O'Brien's common summer activities?
(a) Soccer
(b) Volleyball
(c) Basketball
(d) Baseball

Short Answer Questions

1. When is O'Brien due to report for basic training?

2. What name do the soldiers give to the Starlight scope?

3. 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.

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

5. How do the soldiers feel about the jungle?

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