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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does O'Brien say is the only place that Alpha Companies friendships are deep?
(a) While on R&R
(b) While marching
(c) Foxholes
(d) When someone is killed

2. How long did Erik sign up for at the end of basic training?
(a) 3 years
(b) 4 years
(c) 5 years
(d) 2 years

3. To which company is O'Brien first assigned?
(a) Alpha
(b) Combat
(c) Gator
(d) Bravo

4. What does the battalion commander believe is O'Brien's problem?
(a) Inadequate training
(b) Afraid of dying
(c) Poor hygiene
(d) Moral struggle

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

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

7. What is the goal of the soldiers in relation to the insurgents?
(a) Hid
(b) Surrender
(c) Capture
(d) Elimination

8. What game do O'Brien and Captain Johansen play?
(a) Checkers
(b) Chess
(c) Marbles
(d) Poker

9. Which best describes how the soldiers feel about minor shrapnel injuries?
(a) They seek medic help
(b) Unbothered
(c) Annoyed
(d) They are sent to a hospital

10. What type of narration is this chapter?
(a) Biographical
(b) First Person
(c) Allegorical
(d) Third Person

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

12. Where does O'Brien's plane land in Vietnam?
(a) Cam Ranh Bay
(b) LZ Gator
(c) Chu Lai
(d) Ho Chi Min

13. Where is Alpha Company when O'Brien arrives?
(a) On a mission
(b) Unaccounted for
(c) Gathering dead bodies
(d) Having recreation time

14. What does the term ingratiate mean?
(a) Respond to
(b) Move away from
(c) Curry favor
(d) Despise

15. Which of the following best describes the weather during Chapter four?
(a) Wet and cold
(b) Extreme heat and dry
(c) Humid and Rainy
(d) Humid and dry

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the men of Alpha Company react to the nighttime attack?

2. What task does the squad leader make the squad do?

3. Who prepares O'Brien's induction papers?

4. Which person with whom O'Brien meets seems more interested in dandruff than his views on the war?

5. In what year does O'Brien go for basic training?

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