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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Rat Kiley ensure a ticket home?
(a) He shoots himself in the foot
(b) He starts acting crazy and imitating animals
(c) He punches Lt. Cross in the face
(d) He runs away and deserts the platoon

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

7. How do the men in the platoon treat Tim when they run into him at the supply command?
(a) They ignore him because they all thought he died
(b) They treat him politely and ask him for favors
(c) They greet him and treat him as if nothing happened
(d) They treat him distantly, because he isn't one of them anymore

8. How does the narrator find relief from his feelings about the war?
(a) He visits VA hospitals
(b) He cries
(c) He works out
(d) He writes stories

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

10. What was the young man trying to show Kiowa before "the whole field blew up around them?"
(a) A passage in the Bible
(b) A medal for bravery
(c) A postcard from home
(d) A picture of his girlfriend

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

12. 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

13. How many years has it been since the war for the author, at the time of writing the novel?
(a) 30 years
(b) 2 years
(c) 20 years
(d) 10 years

14. What is wrong with the field that Lt. Cross selects as the campsite that night?
(a) It's where the village keeps their sewage
(b) It's crawling with venomous snakes
(c) It's a graveyard
(d) It's infested with large bugs

15. What is not a phrase used by the men to describe the dead?
(a) Roasted peanut
(b) Cracker jack
(c) Crunchie munchie
(d) Crispy critter

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Tim spook Bobby Jorgenson out on patrol?

2. What was wrong with the village the men come upon in "Style?"

3. Where is the first draft of the story inspired by Norman Bowker published?

4. Which feeling does the narrator not admit to about the war?

5. What did Tim use to kill the man on the trail?

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