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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Rat Kiley accuse of whispering his name?
(a) The trees
(b) The villagers
(c) The other men in the platoon
(d) The bugs

2. How old was Tim when he first dealt with death?
(a) 16
(b) 9
(c) 19
(d) 24

3. What personal item did Tim "bury" in the river?
(a) Kiowa's moccasins
(b) Henry Dobbins' panty hose
(c) Lt. Cross's pebble
(d) A picture of his old girlfriend

4. Who helps Tim spook Bobby Jorgenson out on patrol?
(a) Henry Dobbins
(b) Morty Phillips
(c) Azar
(d) Mitchell Sanders

5. What landmark was Tim able to recognize in the field where Kiowa died, years later?
(a) The small area where Lt. Cross had set up command post
(b) The landing area the men cleared for the chopper
(c) The exact place where Kiowa was hit by a shell
(d) The place where his foxhole was

6. How did the old farmer react to Tim?
(a) He shook hands and shared war stories
(b) He raised a shovel in defiance
(c) He gave him a hug
(d) He smiled as he drove past

7. Who mimics the girl's dancing later that night, making Henry Dobbins angry?
(a) Tim
(b) Curt Lemon
(c) Rat Kiley
(d) Azar

8. By what area of the body does Norman Bowker attempt to pull the body out of the muck?
(a) His belt
(b) His hand
(c) His boot
(d) His arm

9. Who defends Lt. Cross from being at fault when the other guys want to blame him?
(a) Henry Dobbins
(b) Norman Bowker
(c) Azar
(d) Mitchell Sanders

10. What was Norman Bowker's chief criticism of the first draft of "Speaking of Courage?"
(a) The piece is too short
(b) A lack of details
(c) It was a gross embellishment of the truth
(d) The piece is too long

11. What source of light gave away the platoon's position?
(a) A cigarette
(b) A flashlight
(c) A camp fire
(d) A camera flash

12. What is the person they meet doing in the middle of a burned house?
(a) Talking to the dead
(b) Dancing
(c) Crying
(d) Eating

13. What animal does Tim notice as he tries to process the death of the man he killed?
(a) A butterfly
(b) A worm
(c) A snake
(d) A bird

14. What is the name of Tim's daughter?
(a) Mary Anne
(b) Susan
(c) Kathleen
(d) Martha

15. What event causes Tim to revise "Speaking of Courage," following Norman Bowker's advice?
(a) The death of Lt. Cross
(b) Norman Boker's suicide
(c) Feedback from his daughter
(d) A letter from Kiowa's father

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Henry Dobbins think the girl is dancing?

2. How do the men in the platoon treat Tim when they run into him at the supply command?

3. Where did Tim and Linda go on a date?

4. Who does Tim blame for his near-death experience?

5. In Tim's imagination, what village is the man he killed from?

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