If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home Test | Final Test - Medium

Tim O'Brien
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 97 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home Test | Final 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. In what do the Viet Cong hide the booby-trapped grenades?
(a) Under thatched huts floors
(b) Tin cans
(c) Leaves
(d) Trees

2. Why is Pinkville referred to by this name?
(a) There is much blood here because so many have been killed
(b) The soil is pink in this region
(c) Areas on military maps are shaded pink
(d) A derogatory term for the people that live here

3. What does O'Brien acquire just after Alpha Company gets a new commander?
(a) New job
(b) Bottle of wine
(c) 3-day pass
(d) Letter from Erik

4. What does the letters AWOL stand for?
(a) Away While on Leave
(b) Absent Without Leave
(c) Absent While on Leave
(d) Away Without Leave

5. When does O'Brien say that bitterness sets in for soldiers?
(a) Once they have returned safely home
(b) When they see their first combat death
(c) Every time they face death
(d) After they have joined a unit

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following terms does not accurately describe Captain Smith?

2. How do the prisoners sleep?

3. Which of the following is the best definition for the term paralyzing as used in the following sentence? They fight paralyzing fear with each step they take.

4. How do the soldiers take vengeance?

5. Which of the following best describes how O'Brien feels about Captain Johansen?

Short Essay Questions

1. When do the men of the village go fishing?

2. What is the major difference between Captain Johansen and Mad Mark as O'Brien sees it?

3. Why does Major Callicles try to humiliate O'Brien?

4. Why is the white first sergeant fragged?

5. What does chapter twelve illustrate about the character of the soldiers in Vietnam?

6. Why are the soldiers bitter?

7. How does O'Brien feel about himself?

8. What does Alpha Company do for protection at night?

9. What similarity to the soldiers' situation does the Captain draw for the scout?

10. How would you classify Major Callicles mental state?

(see the answer keys)

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