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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Alpha Company.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the base camp fro Alpha Company?
(a) Chu Lai
(b) Cam Ranh Bay
(c) LZ Gator
(d) Ho Chi Min

2. What does it mean to the members of Alpha Company to be getting short?
(a) Out of ammunition
(b) 5-6 months left in Vietnam
(c) Injured but not incapacitated
(d) Loss of a limb

3. What does O'Brien help Alpha company do the day after the nighttime attack?
(a) Search for mines
(b) Hunt for those that attacked them
(c) Surprise the Viet Cong
(d) Gather the bodies of the dead

4. In what year does chapter three take place?
(a) 1960
(b) 1968
(c) 1955
(d) 1970

5. What is the name of O'Brien's company?
(a) Omega
(b) Alpha
(c) Beta
(d) Zeta

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of notice does O'Brien receive?

2. Which of the following is the best descriptor for the transition which O'Brien faces with daily life in Vietnam from his previous life?

3. In what year does O'Brien go for basic training?

4. Which of the following is a term used to describe a hand grenade?

5. From which area are the insurgents?

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