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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 best describes how the soldiers feel about minor shrapnel injuries?
(a) Unbothered
(b) They seek medic help
(c) Annoyed
(d) They are sent to a hospital

2. Which term means to march with items such as a pack or some military supplies?
(a) Crack
(b) Pack
(c) Hack
(d) Hump

3. What does humping mean in military lingo?
(a) Searching
(b) Shooting
(c) Walking
(d) Marching

4. What does O'Brien help Alpha company do the day after the nighttime attack?
(a) Hunt for those that attacked them
(b) Gather the bodies of the dead
(c) Search for mines
(d) Surprise the Viet Cong

5. In what year does O'Brien go for basic training?
(a) 1970
(b) 1962
(c) 1968
(d) 1965

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Erik sign up for at the end of basic training?

2. Which of the following does Erik read intently?

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

4. Which term best describes how O'Brien's basic training went?

5. Which of the following describes the nickname for the time period in which O'Brien was born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What philosophical conversation does O'Brien attempt to hold with the captain?

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

3. How does O'Brien spend his last summer before starting basic training?

4. Describe how the soldiers feel during the fire fight.

5. Why does the Chaplain disappoint O'Brien?

6. What is O'Brien's moral dilemma?

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

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

9. How does O'Brien obtain his passport and shot records?

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

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