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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. Who warned Alpha Company of an incoming explosive ordinance?
(a) No one
(b) A Lieutenant
(c) Enemy
(d) O'Brien

2. What does O'Brien develop an interest in during high school?
(a) War methods and techniques
(b) Service to his country
(c) Politics
(d) Acting

3. What do the soldiers do to the well in the village where they found the Viet Cong rifle?
(a) Close it over with rocks
(b) Hide explosives in it
(c) Dump sand in it
(d) Poison it

4. What task does the squad leader make the squad do?
(a) Follow around drill sergeant Blyton around
(b) Practice shooting
(c) Buff and wax the floor
(d) Clean the urinals with their toothbrushes

5. What is the name of O'Brien's company?
(a) Beta
(b) Zeta
(c) Omega
(d) Alpha

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Vietnamese boys follow the soldiers?

2. How do the soldiers take vengeance?

3. Which type of mine scares the soldiers the most?

4. Which of the following ways is not one of the ways O'Brien and Bates get through the holidays?

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

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