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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, The Man at the Well.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the men of Alpha Company react to the nighttime attack?
(a) Laugh
(b) Hide in foxholes
(c) Organize themselves to counter attack
(d) Take cover

2. From which area are the insurgents?
(a) Korea
(b) China
(c) North Vietnam
(d) South Vietnam

3. With what is O'Brien ill?
(a) Bronchitis
(b) Pneumonia
(c) A cold
(d) Cancer

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

5. Which person with whom O'Brien meets to share his opposition to the war curses regularly?
(a) Chaplain
(b) Battalion commander
(c) Parents
(d) Drill sergeant

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following characters often spends time telling jokes?

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

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

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

5. Which word best describes the length of the meeting O'Brien has with the battalion commander?

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