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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of wound qualified for a mercy kill?
(a) Gangrene
(b) Wheelchair wound
(c) Head wound
(d) Loss of an arm

2. What was the young man trying to show Kiowa before "the whole field blew up around them?"
(a) A passage in the Bible
(b) A picture of his girlfriend
(c) A postcard from home
(d) A medal for bravery

3. Who did the monks take a special liking to and call "Soldier Jesus?"
(a) The narrator
(b) Henry Dobbins
(c) Kiowa
(d) Lt. Cross

4. How long did Alpha Company camp at the pagoda?
(a) About a week
(b) About a month
(c) 1 night
(d) 3 days

5. What is Dave Jensen's decision with regard to the pact he made with Lee Strunk?
(a) He shoots him in the head with a pistol
(b) He promises to smother him in the hospital
(c) He loosens the tourniquet so he bleeds to death
(d) He does not kill him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Kiowa's father do?

2. What profession did Henry Dobbins want to have in high school?

3. Where do the men camp in the chapter titled "Church?"

4. How did the jackknife incident change the relationship between Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk?

5. What source of light gave away the platoon's position?

(see the answer key)

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