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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most frightening mission for the soldiers?
(a) Walking through the forest
(b) Searching empty villages
(c) Clearing underground tunnels
(d) Coming face-to-face with an insurgent

2. In which of the following wars did O'Brien's parents serve?
(a) Vietnam
(b) Korea
(c) WWII
(d) WWI

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

4. What disability does the Vietnamese elderly man have?
(a) None
(b) Missing a limb
(c) Blindness
(d) Deafness

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

6. Which time of day is filled with the most potential danger according to O'Brien?
(a) Dusk
(b) Night
(c) Afternoon
(d) Morning

7. When is O'Brien due to report for basic training?
(a) Beginning of the spring
(b) Middle of the winter
(c) End of the fall
(d) End of the summer

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

9. Which term best describes how O'Brien's basic training went?
(a) Impossible
(b) Difficult
(c) Time consuming
(d) Easy

10. Who prepares O'Brien's induction papers?
(a) His father
(b) O'Brien himself
(c) His mother
(d) The draft board

11. Which word best describes the length of the meeting O'Brien has with the battalion commander?
(a) Brief
(b) Extended
(c) Adequate
(d) Lengthy

12. Which of the following best describes how O'Brien feels about the war?
(a) It is right
(b) It needs to end quickly
(c) It is too far away
(d) It is wrong

13. Which of the following describes the nickname for the time period in which O'Brien was born?
(a) Depression
(b) Cold war
(c) Holocaust
(d) Baby boom

14. Which of the following is the best definition for bellicose?
(a) Impatient
(b) Humiliating
(c) Flattering
(d) Belligerent

15. Where did O'Brien meet a Vietnamese student who was also a Viet Cong officer?
(a) Prague
(b) Missouri
(c) College
(d) Basic Training

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What type of training does O'Brien have to go through after he leaves basic training?

4. What is the goal of the soldiers in relation to the insurgents?

5. To which company is O'Brien first assigned?

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