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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event causes Tim to revise "Speaking of Courage," following Norman Bowker's advice?
(a) Norman Boker's suicide
(b) A letter from Kiowa's father
(c) The death of Lt. Cross
(d) Feedback from his daughter

2. Who warns Lt. Cross about the location the men choose to camp in?
(a) A group of Vietnamese women
(b) A group of other soldiers
(c) The command post
(d) A group of Vietnamese children

3. How old is Tim O'Brien when he wrote the book?
(a) 55
(b) 21
(c) 43
(d) 62

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

5. Who is the most upset by the act, and wants to know why the villager is behaving that way?
(a) Azar
(b) Henry Dobbins
(c) Kiowa
(d) Tim

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shares the story of the girlfriend in Vietnam?

2. What happened when Curt Lemon walked into the tent?

3. What does Dave Jensen do with the pistol?

4. What does Rat Kiley do first to the baby water buffalo?

5. What does Dave Jensen ask Lee Strunk?

(see the answer key)

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