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Tim O'Brien
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If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Tim O'Brien
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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. What does the forest symbolize to O'Brien?
(a) Anger
(b) Fear
(c) Disgust
(d) Inability to be reassured

2. What is different about chapter ten than the others?
(a) It is only one scene
(b) It was not written by O'Brien
(c) It is the longest
(d) It shows the most compassion

3. Which of the following is different about the timing of chapter two as compared to chapter one?
(a) It is in the future
(b) It stays in the present
(c) It is in the past
(d) It is after he is discharged from the military

4. What does O'Brien learn about his military future at the beginning of chapter six?
(a) O'Brien learns he is an excellent shot
(b) O'Brien learns that he will be able to get out of the military
(c) O'Brien learns he will not be sent to Vietnam
(d) O'Brien learns that he will be sent to the foxholes of Vietnam

5. What is the most frightening mission for the soldiers?
(a) Searching empty villages
(b) Walking through the forest
(c) Clearing underground tunnels
(d) Coming face-to-face with an insurgent

Short Answer Questions

1. From which area are the insurgents?

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

3. Which person with whom O'Brien meets seems more interested in dandruff than his views on the war?

4. Where did O'Brien meet a Vietnamese student who was also a Viet Cong officer?

5. How do the soldiers feel about the jungle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Chaplain disappoint O'Brien?

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

3. Why does the smoke from Tri Binh 4 trouble O'Brien?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How do the soldiers react to these self-induced injuries caused by soldiers tossing about their own grenades?

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