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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who visited the author, Tim O'Brien, to talk?
(a) Jimmy Cross
(b) Rat Kiley
(c) Kiowa
(d) Mitchell Sanders

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

3. Mitchell Sanders sent what in his letter to the Ohio Draft Board?
(a) Letters home
(b) Photographs
(c) A dead boy's thumb
(d) Body lice

4. What did Lt. Cross keep under his tongue?
(a) A bullet
(b) A piece of candy
(c) A grain of rice
(d) A pebble

5. What happened in October to change things for Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk?
(a) Lee Strunk steps on a rigged mortar round
(b) Lee Strunk is hit by sniper fire
(c) Dave Jensen is hit by sniper fire
(d) Dave Jensen steps on a rigged mortar round

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another name for a land mine?

2. What does Rat Kiley do to treat Lee Strunk's injury?

3. How does Kiowa describe Ted Lavender's death?

4. What does Dave Jensen do with the pistol?

5. Who is unlucky to draw tunnel duty during the mission outside Than Khe?

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