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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way does O'Brien classify himself?
(a) War expert
(b) Sober
(c) Foot soldier
(d) Teacher of war lessons

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

3. Which of the following describes the nickname for the time period in which O'Brien was born?
(a) Depression
(b) Cold war
(c) Baby boom
(d) Holocaust

4. Which of the following was not one of O'Brien's common high school activities?
(a) Performing in plays
(b) Dates at drive-in movies
(c) Dances
(d) Pep rallies

5. Which time of day is filled with the most potential danger according to O'Brien?
(a) Night
(b) Afternoon
(c) Dusk
(d) Morning

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the march in chapter nine?

2. Which of the following is not an accurate description of the days in O'Brien's company?

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

4. In which state was O'Brien raised?

5. With what is O'Brien ill?

Short Essay Questions

1. To whom does O'Brien write as he continues his plan to desert to Sweden?

2. What causes fear and paranoia in the soldiers?

3. Describe Alpha Company as O'Brien first meets them.

4. Why do the Vietnamese people go everywhere the men of Alpha Company go?

5. What do the soldiers do that provokes a few Viet Cong hiding in the jungle to open fire before disappearing into the jungle?

6. What overwhelms O'Brien's opposition to the war?

7. Describe O'Brien's childhood and adolescence.

8. Describe the backdrop for O'Brien's upbringing.

9. What are the first few days like for O'Brien?

10. Why didn't O'Brien sign up for two years?

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