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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men call plane rides home to America?
(a) Liberty lifts
(b) Home runs
(c) Chopper catch
(d) Freedom birds

2. What memory forced the men to switch from coffee to gin?
(a) The remorse of killing others
(b) The death of Ted Lavender
(c) The loss of Martha's love
(d) The deaths of men after they returned home

3. Who is unlucky to draw tunnel duty during the mission outside Than Khe?
(a) Lee Strunk
(b) Henry Dobbins
(c) Mitchell Sanders
(d) Ted Lavender

4. How did Jimmy Cross get another photograph of Martha?
(a) He actually saved one from burning in Vietnam
(b) She gave it to him at a college reunion
(c) Martha died, and he cut it out of the newspaper
(d) Martha's mother mailed him one after he came home

5. How long does Tim stay with Elroy at the Tip Top Lodge?
(a) 2 days
(b) 6 days
(c) 1 week
(d) 1 weekend

Short Answer Questions

1. Which item doubled as a body bag?

2. Where does he stop before crossing the border?

3. Where does Tim consider running to?

4. Who was excused from tunnel duty due to size?

5. Which men have a conversation when they see Lt. Cross crying after Ted Lavender's death?

(see the answer key)

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