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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. Where is Alpha Company when O'Brien arrives?
(a) Gathering dead bodies
(b) Having recreation time
(c) Unaccounted for
(d) On a mission

2. What disability does the Vietnamese elderly man have?
(a) None
(b) Missing a limb
(c) Deafness
(d) Blindness

3. Where did O'Brien meet a Vietnamese student who was also a Viet Cong officer?
(a) Missouri
(b) Basic Training
(c) College
(d) Prague

4. Which area is considered really dangerous?
(a) Batangan Peninsula
(b) Long Binh
(c) Pinkville
(d) Chu Lai

5. Which of the following is the best definition for insurgent?
(a) An uprising
(b) A person who rebels against authority
(c) A soldier
(d) A person who revels in the pain of others

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives the soldiers of Alpha Company back rubs?

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

3. Which of the following is true about O'Brien's parents?

4. With whom does O'Brien request a meeting?

5. Which time of day is filled with the most potential danger according to O'Brien?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When does O'Brien become a true soldier?

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

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

6. Describe the message O'Brien wishes to convey through chapter ten.

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

8. What do the members of Alpha Company do that is ignoring the orders from their officers?

9. Why does the Chaplain disappoint O'Brien?

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

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