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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Tim use to kill the man on the trail?
(a) A trip wire land mine
(b) A machine gun
(c) A pistol
(d) A grenade

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

3. In Tim's imagination, what village is the man he killed from?
(a) Tra Bong
(b) Saigon
(c) Than Khe
(d) My Khe

4. Where did Tim and Linda go on a date?
(a) To the park
(b) To a skating rink
(c) To a baseball game
(d) To a movie

5. What does the author say about truth?
(a) Truth is unattainable
(b) Everyone has their own truth
(c) Story-truth is more real than happening-truth
(d) Truth is absolute

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

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

8. How did Rat Kiley tease Tim to keep him out of shock?
(a) He made jokes about Tim dressing in drag
(b) He quoted from his medical manual in a pompous voice
(c) He sang songs as he dressed the wound
(d) He pretended Tim had been pregnant

9. Who is curious about if the narrator killed anybody?
(a) His wife
(b) His daughter
(c) His son
(d) His friend

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

11. Who was the first person Tim grieved for their death?
(a) His grandfather
(b) The man he killed on the trail
(c) Linda
(d) Kiowa

12. What color clothes was the man wearing when Tim killed him?
(a) Red
(b) Camouflage
(c) Green
(d) Black

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

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

15. Who is the most "spooked" in the end?
(a) Morty Phillips
(b) Tim
(c) Azar
(d) Bobby Jorgenson

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Tim's daughter ask him?

2. Which soldier is killed in the swampy field, and subsequently stuck in the muck?

3. How does Rat Kiley ensure a ticket home?

4. Which is not a way the men coped with the night mission?

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

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