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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What purpose does the chapter 'Love' fill for the novel?
(a) It offers a prologue for all of the men in the company.
(b) It explains the historical context of the Vietnam War.
(c) It serves as an insight to how Lavender's family handled his death.
(d) It explains why the author decided to write the novel.

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

3. What is Dave Jensen's decision with regard to the pact he made with Lee Strunk?
(a) He promises to smother him in the hospital
(b) He loosens the tourniquet so he bleeds to death
(c) He shoots him in the head with a pistol
(d) He does not kill him.

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

5. What game do Henry Dobbins and Norman Bowker play?
(a) 20 Questions
(b) Rock, Paper, Scissors
(c) Checkers
(d) Cards

6. Who are the men order to see?
(a) The psychologist
(b) The doctor
(c) The company commander
(d) The dentist

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

8. When was Ted Lavender killed outside of the village Than Khe?
(a) First week of April
(b) Middle of April
(c) First week of August
(d) Middle of August

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

10. Who shares the story of the girlfriend in Vietnam?
(a) Dave Jensen
(b) Mitchell Sanders
(c) Curt Lemon
(d) Rat Kiley

11. Which men have a conversation when they see Lt. Cross crying after Ted Lavender's death?
(a) Rat Kiley and Kiowa
(b) Mitchell Sanders and Dave Jensen
(c) Norman Bowker and Henry Dobbins
(d) Kiowa and Norman Bowker

12. What is one thing Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk are NOT described as doing together?
(a) Team up on ambushes
(b) Play cards together
(c) Share a foxhole
(d) Take turns on night guard duty

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

14. What does Dave Jensen do with the pistol?
(a) He gives it to Less Strunk as a peace offering
(b) He shoots down a bird
(c) He captures a Viet Cong
(d) He breaks his own nose

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dave Jensen do when he snaps?

2. Who tells the war story about the listening patrol?

3. What does Mary Anne like to do when she disappears from the medical unit?

4. What year does Tim graduate college?

5. Which man cut off the thumb of a dead Viet-Cong boy?

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