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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. Which of the following is true about O'Brien's parents?
(a) They were both veterans
(b) They both protested the war
(c) They were both currently in the military
(d) They both died when O'Brien was very young

2. Which of the following is not a synonym for spry?
(a) Alert
(b) Slow
(c) Lively
(d) Nimble

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

4. What is located in Chu Lai?
(a) Combat Center
(b) Advanced training center
(c) Landing Strip
(d) Air warfare center

5. Which of the following is a synonym for the term raucous as it is used to describe the bus ride to basic training?
(a) Soft
(b) Guttural
(c) Boisterous
(d) Rough

Short Answer Questions

1. Which person with whom O'Brien meets to share his opposition to the war curses regularly?

2. Which of the following is the name of O'Brien's only friend during basic training?

3. Who prepares O'Brien's induction papers?

4. What does O'Brien develop an interest in during high school?

5. Where do the members of Alpha Company go when faced with an incoming explosive ordinance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is available at the combat center for entertainment?

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

3. What is sometimes the cause of the explosive ordinance attacks?

4. How does O'Brien see himself during basic training?

5. What are the soldiers constantly fighting to find?

6. Describe at least three activities O'Brien did during his last summer at home before the war.

7. What provides O'Brien with his only intellectual connection?

8. What causes fear and paranoia in the soldiers?

9. What does O'Brien do on his long nocturnal walks?

10. After he starts his interest in politics, what does O'Brien begin to do?

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