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

2. Which of the following is the best definition of a scout?
(a) Inspector
(b) Surveyor
(c) Scrutinizer
(d) Reconnoiter

3. For what event is Major Callicles asked to leave the base camp permanently?
(a) Taking Drugs
(b) Harassing the soldiers
(c) Burning down a brothel
(d) Drinking

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

5. Why does the Vietnamese scout want request leave?
(a) To take care of his children after his wife was killed
(b) To earn money for his family
(c) Help his family overcome an illness
(d) Join the Viet Cong

6. What do the men of Alpha Company use to fight the constant fear?
(a) Humor
(b) Prostitutes
(c) Alcohol
(d) Drugs

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

8. Which of the following describes how the female Viet Cong soldier died?
(a) Calmly
(b) With female hysterics
(c) She survives
(d) In extreme pain

9. Which of the following describes how the scout feels about going on the march with the soldiers?
(a) Ready
(b) Afraid
(c) Surprised
(d) Unwilling

10. How much are the refugees paid for each death?
(a) $5.98
(b) $33.90
(c) $100.35
(d) $20

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

12. What do the women of the camp spend their days doing?
(a) Hunting for food
(b) Cleaning and cooking fish
(c) Sewing clothing for the soldiers
(d) Hiding in their huts

13. What do some of the soldiers give to the dying female Viet Cong soldier?
(a) Water
(b) Chocolate
(c) Kool-Aid
(d) Nothing

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

15. Which other character was able to obtain a job at LZ Gator as a typist with O'Brien?
(a) Johansen
(b) Bates
(c) Smith
(d) Erik

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Major receive for his part in the My Lai massacre?

2. What does Major Callicles feel is infecting the US military?

3. What consumes Major Callicles?

4. Which of the following is not a synonym for the term lament?

5. Who orders the village to be searched after they find a Viet Cong rifle?

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