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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 Chapter 5, what did Bartle say that planes were carrying soldiers to?
(a) High school friends and 18-year-old girls.
(b) Friends, girlfriends, and family.
(c) Family reunions.
(d) Loving families.

2. What is the date in Chapter 5?
(a) April 2005.
(b) June 2005.
(c) May 2005.
(d) March 2005.

3. In Chapter 5, what did Bartle hear that seemed like it was coming straight for his bed?
(a) Pickup truck.
(b) Car.
(c) Semi.
(d) Train.

4. What did Sterling find at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Booby trap.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Body.

5. In Chapter 3, how far did Bartle have to walk from the base until he reached the first row of buildings in the town?
(a) 1.
(b) 2 1/2.
(c) 1 1/2.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Bartle say in Chapter 2, that Murph was when he died?

2. Who was in the cathedral when Bartle arrived in Chapter 3?

3. What was the name of the priest at the cathedral where Bartle went in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 2, what color does Bartle say that Mrs. Murphy's hair was when he met her for the first time?

5. What color hair did the colonel have who came to give Bartle and the others orders?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where had Murph been before he went in the Army?

2. What did Murph and Bartle hear in Chapter 4 as the night grew cool?

3. What conversations did the priest have with Bartle in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 4, what was a casualty feeder card?

5. How did Bartle describe the bargirl he meets in Chapter 3?

6. In Chapter 1, what had Bartle, Murph, and the other soldiers been doing for four days?

7. In Chapter 2, how did Bartle compare Murph and Sterling?

8. In Chapter 1, who was Spc. Miriam Jackson, and how did she die?

9. What does Bartle say will happen next at the end of Chapter 1?

10. In Chapter 5, how did Bartle describe what he saw as he stared out the window after the plane came to the Atlantic Ocean?

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