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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 is the best synonym for the term mocks as used in the following sentence? The Captain mocks his fear.
(a) Mimics
(b) Ridicules
(c) Simulates
(d) Fakes

2. Which of the following characters replaces Captain Johansen?
(a) Thomas
(b) Jones
(c) Markum
(d) Smith

3. Why are the men of Alpha Company in disarray?
(a) Overwhelmed by too many enemy soldiers
(b) Bad leadership
(c) Poor planning
(d) Too many losses

4. What is O'Brien's dream war job?
(a) Working with Erik
(b) At a base camp in the rear
(c) Planting mines
(d) With Captain Johansen

5. What happens to Alpha Company as they are half way across the marsh?
(a) Hit by rocket-propelled grenades
(b) Surrounded by peasants revolting against their treatment
(c) They hit a Viet Cong soldier with their armored vehicles
(d) Run into a mine field

6. Which of the following events takes place about one hour after the new commander takes charge of Alpha Company?
(a) Men led into a mine field
(b) Thirty soldiers killed in one hour
(c) A racial crime
(d) O'Brien gets a leave pass

7. In which part of her body had she been shot?
(a) Head
(b) Leg
(c) Arm
(d) Groin

8. 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) Deprive somebody of voluntary movement
(b) Bring to a standstill
(c) Make somebody temporarily unable to move
(d) Inability to move and think

9. Which of the following is the best antonym to the term lewd?
(a) Rude
(b) Refined
(c) Coarse
(d) Vulgar

10. What does Captain Johansen tell O'Brien he would rather be than anything else?
(a) Home
(b) Brave
(c) Alive
(d) Fearless

11. How do the prisoners sleep?
(a) Tied to a tree
(b) In a make shift jail
(c) On the ground bound together by ropes
(d) They are forced to stay awake

12. What does O'Brien acquire just after Alpha Company gets a new commander?
(a) New job
(b) 3-day pass
(c) Bottle of wine
(d) Letter from Erik

13. Which of the following best describes how O'Brien feels about Captain Johansen?
(a) Respect
(b) Reverence
(c) Dislikes
(d) Pity

14. Which of the following phrases is why O'Brien decides that Johansen is a real leader?
(a) Laches makes him the perfect Platonic Republic soldier
(b) Wisdom of character is most important
(c) Courage without wisdom is not true courage
(d) Courage is more than being in charge

15. Which type of mine would detonate under vehicles?
(a) Booby-trapped mortar rounds
(b) Soviet TMB
(c) M-14 anti-personnel mines
(d) Bouncing Betty

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Alpha Company looking for on their marches in chapter 17?

2. Which of the following is not an accurate description of guerrilla warfare?

3. What surrounds the perimeter of the refugee camp on the lagoon side?

4. Which of the following describes how the female Viet Cong soldier died?

5. To what does O'Brien liken Johansen's leaving Alpha Company?

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