If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Tim O'Brien
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If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Tim O'Brien
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Erik read intently?
(a) Lawrence
(b) Emmerson
(c) Aristotle
(d) Plato

2. In what year does O'Brien go for basic training?
(a) 1962
(b) 1965
(c) 1968
(d) 1970

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

4. What type of notice does O'Brien receive?
(a) Introduction
(b) Induction
(c) Deduction
(d) Reduction

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

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

7. What does O'Brien help Alpha company do the day after the nighttime attack?
(a) Search for mines
(b) Hunt for those that attacked them
(c) Gather the bodies of the dead
(d) Surprise the Viet Cong

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

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

10. What does O'Brien learn about his military future at the beginning of chapter six?
(a) O'Brien learns that he will be able to get out of the military
(b) O'Brien learns he will not be sent to Vietnam
(c) O'Brien learns that he will be sent to the foxholes of Vietnam
(d) O'Brien learns he is an excellent shot

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

12. How do the soldiers feel about the jungle?
(a) Fearful
(b) Stupefied
(c) Ambivalent
(d) Reassured

13. What does O'Brien experience for the first time in chapter nine?
(a) Bivouacked on a trail
(b) Killing his first man
(c) Ambush
(d) Gets lost in the jungle

14. In which of the following states did O'Brien complete his basic training?
(a) Texas
(b) Missouri
(c) Oregon
(d) Washington

15. What seems to happen to the jungle as the soldiers stare at it into the darkness?
(a) Seems to move
(b) Seems to swallow up their friends
(c) Seems to grow
(d) Seems to be filled with animals

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms does Blyton call Erik when he voices his opposition to the war?

2. Which of the following is the best definition for insurgent?

3. From which area are the insurgents?

4. Who leads the march in chapter nine?

5. Where does O'Brien say is the only place that Alpha Companies friendships are deep?

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