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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 22, Courage is a Certain Kind of Preserving.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following ways is not one of the ways O'Brien and Bates get through the holidays?
(a) Attending a strip tease
(b) Taking a 3-day leave
(c) Drinking
(d) Eating

2. What does the forest symbolize to O'Brien?
(a) Fear
(b) Anger
(c) Inability to be reassured
(d) Disgust

3. To what does O'Brien liken Johansen's leaving Alpha Company?
(a) Vietnam War
(b) Overthrow of a king
(c) Trojans losing Hector
(d) President Kennedy's assassination

4. 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) Closely guarded
(b) Resigned
(c) Deprived of something
(d) Short hair cut

5. Which of the following best describes how O'Brien feels about Captain Johansen?
(a) Respect
(b) Reverence
(c) Pity
(d) Dislikes

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the women of the camp spend their days doing?

2. Which of the following best describes how O'Brien feels about the war?

3. Who does O'Brien want to write like when he leaves Vietnam?

4. Which of the following is the name of O'Brien's only friend during basic training?

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

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