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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 was one of O'Brien's common winter activities?
(a) Sledding
(b) Ice skating
(c) Tobogganing
(d) Bobsledding

2. Which of the following is the best definition for the term paralyzing as used in the following sentence? They fight paralyzing fear with each step they take.
(a) Bring to a standstill
(b) Deprive somebody of voluntary movement
(c) Make somebody temporarily unable to move
(d) Inability to move and think

3. What does it mean to get wasted to the members of Alpha Company?
(a) Spend time with a prostitute
(b) Die
(c) High from drugs
(d) Drunk

4. Which of the following characters often spends time telling jokes?
(a) O'Brien
(b) Charlie
(c) Barney
(d) Mike

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some of the soldiers give to the dying female Viet Cong soldier?

2. Which of the following terms best describes they type of explosive attack which occurred in Chapter four?

3. What is O'Brien's job with Alpha Company?

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

5. Which best describes how the soldiers feel about minor shrapnel injuries?

(see the answer key)

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