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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 is not an accurate description of guerrilla warfare?
(a) Operates in small groups
(b) Disjointed
(c) Sporadic
(d) Organized

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

3. How many attempts does O'Brien make to work through the military hierarchy for guidance and counsel?
(a) 5
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 1

4. What is O'Brien's dream war job?
(a) With Captain Johansen
(b) Working with Erik
(c) At a base camp in the rear
(d) Planting mines

5. What is Alpha Company assigned to protect on the beaches of a lagoon?
(a) The lagoon from Viet Cong ships
(b) Viet Cong prisoners
(c) An American military installation
(d) Refugees

Short Answer Questions

1. On which peninsula does chapter eleven occur?

2. What does O'Brien struggle with throughout the summer?

3. Who warned Alpha Company of an incoming explosive ordinance?

4. Which of the following was one of O'Brien's common winter activities?

5. What consumes Major Callicles?

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