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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Tim credit with saving his life?
(a) Aunt Jean
(b) Mitchell Sanders
(c) Elroy Berdahl
(d) His father

2. What does Dave Jensen ask Lee Strunk?
(a) Does he have any morphine?
(b) Is everything square between them?
(c) Can he help him?
(d) Can he have a cigarette?

3. Where is the platoon at?
(a) Landing Zone Gator
(b) My Khe
(c) Home in the United States
(d) Than Khe

4. What is the name of the area the men are in?
(a) Rocket Pocket
(b) Than Khe
(c) Chu Lai
(d) My Khe

5. How do we know the narrator is the author, Tim O'Brien?
(a) Jimmy Cross gives him money
(b) The narrator says he wants to write a story about all of this
(c) Rat Kiley asks Tim to write a book
(d) The narrator gives part of the royalties to Ted Lavender's family

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elroy do to tempt Tim to run away?

2. Who are the men order to see?

3. Why was Curt Lemon "all smiles" the next morning?

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

5. What do the men call plane rides home to America?

(see the answer key)

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