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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. To which company is O'Brien first assigned?
(a) Combat
(b) Gator
(c) Bravo
(d) Alpha

2. What is the goal of the soldiers in relation to the insurgents?
(a) Surrender
(b) Elimination
(c) Hid
(d) Capture

3. What does O'Brien think will happen to him in the rainforest in Vietnam?
(a) Lose his morals
(b) Forced to complete activities he disagrees with
(c) Bullied by his commanders
(d) Death

4. How many men were in O'Brien's basic training unit?
(a) 50
(b) 500
(c) 100
(d) 200

5. Which of the following does O'Brien use to describe the way Alpha company came out of the jungle?
(a) Carefully and quietly
(b) So silently that he missed their exit
(c) As if they were being chased
(d) Like mad men

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of O'Brien's company?

2. Which of the following is true about O'Brien's parents?

3. Which of the following presidents is not referred to in this chapter?

4. Which of the following is the literary term for when O'Brien keeps adding elements from events which happened prior to those he is describing?

5. What does O'Brien learn about his military future at the beginning of chapter six?

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