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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kiowa describe Ted Lavender's death?
(a) Slow Motion
(b) Bang Dead
(c) Boom Down
(d) Great Suffering

2. What changed in late August between Lee Strunk and Dave Jensen?
(a) Dave Jensen stole Lee Strunk's jackknife back
(b) They made a death pact
(c) Lee Strunk stepped on a rigged mortar
(d) Dave Jensen is hit by sniper fire

3. What happened when Curt Lemon walked into the tent?
(a) The dentist pulled a tooth
(b) He fainted
(c) The dentist said his teeth were perfect
(d) He tripped over the drill cord, and tore the tent down

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does the platoon run into after Curt Lemon's death?

2. Norman Bowker's father only cares about what?

3. What did Kiowa teach to Rat Kiley?

4. What does Lee Strunk confess to Tim O'Brien in the morning?

5. On what occasion does Rat Kiley write a letter to a man's sister?

(see the answer key)

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