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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Curt Lemon's bad experience in high school?
(a) A bad experience with a doctor
(b) A bad experience with a dentist
(c) A bad experience with a girlfriend
(d) A bad experience with a principal

2. Because he is a coward, what does Tim do?
(a) He hurts himself
(b) He joins the Peace Corps
(c) He runs away
(d) He goes to war

3. How does Tim join the army?
(a) The draft
(b) To get out of going to jail
(c) Signing up with a recruiter
(d) Joining an officer's trainging program

4. What does Rat Kiley do first to the baby water buffalo?
(a) Takes it for a walk
(b) Shoots it in the head
(c) Shoots it in the knee
(d) Offers it pork and beans

5. What personality does Curt Lemon put out for others to see according to the narrator?
(a) A de facto leader, always reminding the guys of SOP
(b) A scared young man, always taking drugs to stay relaxed
(c) A big prankster, always pulling tricks on members of the platoon
(d) A tough soldier, always puffing himself up

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the listening patrol positioned?

3. How long does Tim stay with Elroy at the Tip Top Lodge?

4. Mitchell Sanders sent what in his letter to the Ohio Draft Board?

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

(see the answer key)

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