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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 which of the following states did O'Brien complete his basic training?
(a) Washington
(b) Oregon
(c) Texas
(d) Missouri

2. How do the soldiers feel about the jungle?
(a) Reassured
(b) Fearful
(c) Stupefied
(d) Ambivalent

3. What does O'Brien think will happen to him in the rainforest in Vietnam?
(a) Lose his morals
(b) Bullied by his commanders
(c) Forced to complete activities he disagrees with
(d) Death

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

5. Which person with whom O'Brien meets to share his opposition to the war curses regularly?
(a) Parents
(b) Battalion commander
(c) Drill sergeant
(d) Chaplain

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the term ingratiate mean?

2. Which of the following does O'Brien begin reading?

3. Which of the following was one of O'Brien's common summer activities?

4. Which of the following is a synonym for "Charlie"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does O'Brien admit to the reader at the end of chapter three?

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

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

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

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

6. Why does the Chaplain disappoint O'Brien?

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

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

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

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

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