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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which type of mine scares the soldiers the most?
(a) M-14 anti-personnel mine
(b) Booby-trapped grenades
(c) Bouncing Betty
(d) Booby-trapped mortar

2. 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

3. Who orders the village to be searched after they find a Viet Cong rifle?
(a) Captain Johansen
(b) Erik
(c) Mad Mark
(d) O'Brien

4. Which of the following terms does not accurately describe Captain Smith?
(a) Slovenly
(b) Careless
(c) Brave
(d) Inept

5. What is Alpha Company assigned to protect on the beaches of a lagoon?
(a) Refugees
(b) Viet Cong prisoners
(c) An American military installation
(d) The lagoon from Viet Cong ships

6. How does O'Brien feel in chapter thirteen?
(a) Relieved
(b) Excited
(c) Angry
(d) Surprised

7. Where does O'Brien sleep?
(a) In his office
(b) In a tent on the base
(c) In an apartment with Bates
(d) In the barracks

8. What does the letters AWOL stand for?
(a) Away Without Leave
(b) Away While on Leave
(c) Absent While on Leave
(d) Absent Without Leave

9. Which of the following characters believes it is wrong to tie the old men to trees?
(a) Mad Mark
(b) Erik
(c) Captain Johansen
(d) Bates

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

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

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

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

14. What surrounds the perimeter of the refugee camp on the lagoon side?
(a) Flags
(b) Mines
(c) Barbed water
(d) Artillery rounds

15. Pinkville used to be a what?
(a) Wasteland
(b) Population center
(c) Cemetery
(d) Popular beach

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Vietnamese scout want request leave?

2. Which of the following phrases is why O'Brien decides that Johansen is a real leader?

3. What practice seems to afford the soldiers some protection from nighttime Viet Cong attacks?

4. What do some of the soldiers give to the dying female Viet Cong soldier?

5. Why is Pinkville referred to by this name?

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