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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color are Martha's eyes?
(a) Blue
(b) Green
(c) Brown
(d) Gray

2. When Kiowa says "No choice, Tim. What else could you do?" what can we assume he is talking about?
(a) A man Tim killed
(b) Tim forgot to warn the platoon about a land mine he saw
(c) Tim's girlfriend wrote a letter to say she was seeing someone else
(d) Tim running away

3. Where is the listening patrol positioned?
(a) In a village
(b) On a mountainside
(c) In a valley
(d) In the jungle

4. Where does he stop before crossing the border?
(a) At a campsite
(b) Tip Top Lodge
(c) His Aunt's house
(d) Niagra Falls

5. "A true war story, if truly told, makes the ____________ believe."
(a) Eyes
(b) Stomach
(c) Ears
(d) Mind

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tim join the army?

2. What does Elroy do to tempt Tim to run away?

3. How does Jimmy ask Tim to portray him in the book he is writing?

4. How old is Tim O'Brien when he wrote the book?

5. What is a war story NOT about?

(see the answer key)

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