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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Tim blame for his near-death experience?
(a) Bobby Jorgenson
(b) Morty Phillips
(c) Mitchell Sanders
(d) Rat Kiley

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

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

4. Which is not a way the men coped with the night mission?
(a) Flashlights
(b) NoDoz
(c) Safety line
(d) Vitamins for better eye sight

5. What time of day was it when Tim killed the man on the trail?
(a) Midnight
(b) Dusk
(c) Dawn
(d) Afternoon

6. What did the man on trail wear on his feet?
(a) Rubber sandals
(b) Boots
(c) Nothing
(d) Loafers

7. What did Kiowa's father do?
(a) Work as a gardener
(b) Work as a mechanic
(c) Teach Sunday school
(d) Teach elementary school

8. What couldn't Tim bring himself to do?
(a) Talk to a dead body as if it were alive
(b) Find himself a Vietnam girlfriend
(c) Joke with the guys about killing people
(d) Give his rations to the villagers

9. What is Tim trying to save with a story?
(a) Linda's memory
(b) All of his war buddies' lives
(c) Kathleen's education
(d) His own life

10. Who does Tim take with him on his trip to Vietnam?
(a) His wife
(b) His daughter
(c) His father
(d) His son

11. How many soldiers are said to be in the platoon?
(a) 22
(b) 10
(c) 5
(d) 18

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

13. What question does Tim's daughter ask him?
(a) Did you lose your best friend in war?
(b) Did you have a girlfriend in Vietnam?
(c) Did you ever kill anyone?
(d) Did you ever get shot?

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

15. What part of the story is Tim's own?
(a) The friend drowning part
(b) The Silver Star part
(c) The part of playing basketball at the YMCA
(d) The part of pulling Kiowa by his boot

Short Answer Questions

1. How could Kiowa be sure the man would have done harm to the platoon if Tim had not killed him?

2. Who do the platoon meet in the village?

3. What activity does Norman Bowker do to avoid his troubles?

4. How does the narrator find relief from his feelings about the war?

5. Other than Kathleen and Tim, who else watched him get into the river?

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