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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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 principal
(d) A bad experience with a girlfriend

2. Which item doubled as a body bag?
(a) Poncho
(b) Extra set of fatigues
(c) Flak jacket
(d) Tent

3. What is another name for a land mine?
(a) Sizzling Sally
(b) Toe Popper
(c) Kaboom
(d) Last Step

4. What word does Ted Lavender use to describe the war?
(a) Calm
(b) Scary
(c) Mellow
(d) Terrible

5. How does the sister respond to Rat Kiley's letter?
(a) She thanks Rat for the letter
(b) She starts writing Rat love letters
(c) She asks Rat to visit
(d) She never writes back

6. Who kills Tim Lavender's stray puppy with a Claymore?
(a) Azar
(b) Kiowa
(c) Rat Kiley
(d) Curt Lemon

7. Where does Tim consider running to?
(a) England
(b) France
(c) Canada
(d) Mexico

8. How does Lee Strunk first react after his injury?
(a) Like he stubbed a toe
(b) Like he is dying
(c) He screams the pain is terrible
(d) He passes out at the sight of blood

9. Who was excused from tunnel duty due to size?
(a) Ted Lavender
(b) Rat Kiley
(c) Lee Strunk
(d) Henry Dobbins

10. What part of Lee Strunk's body is broken?
(a) His nose
(b) His leg
(c) His ego
(d) His arm

11. "Hump it" means what?
(a) Shoot at the enemy
(b) To carry something
(c) Stay in formation
(d) Dig a foxhole

12. Which is not a benefit of being stationed in the area?
(a) Palm trees
(b) Communications to call home
(c) White beaches
(d) Friendly villages

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

14. How did the jackknife incident change the relationship between Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk?
(a) The avoided each other
(b) They trusted each other
(c) They instantly became best friends
(d) They hated each other

15. Who has a sister Rat Kiley writes a letter to?
(a) Kiowa
(b) Ted Lavender
(c) Lee Strunk
(d) Curt Lemmon

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Tim's first job after college?

2. Where does Jimmy Cross stay while he visits Tim?

3. Where does he stop before crossing the border?

4. What happened in October to change things for Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk?

5. Who is the narrator talking about in Chapter 8, The Dentist?

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