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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Other than Kathleen and Tim, who else watched him get into the river?
(a) An old man farming
(b) A young child eating
(c) A young man hauling rice
(d) A woman carrying a basket

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

6. What was unique about the mission the men were given when Rat Kiley was injured?
(a) They had to keep talking nonstop as part of a ruse
(b) They had to work alone
(c) They had to crawl the entire way
(d) They had to walk at night and sleep during the day

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

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

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

10. Who is the most upset by the act, and wants to know why the villager is behaving that way?
(a) Kiowa
(b) Azar
(c) Tim
(d) Henry Dobbins

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

12. How did Tim get the idea for the chapter titled "Speaking of Courage?"
(a) From a visit back to Vietnam
(b) From his chat with Lt. Cross
(c) From a letter written by Norman Bowker
(d) From a newspaper article

13. What almost killed Tim?
(a) A knife wound from town
(b) A shot to the shoulder
(c) An improperly dressed wound
(d) A partial land mine detonation

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What personal item did Tim "bury" in the river?

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

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

4. What is the name of Tim's daughter?

5. What does Tim think would have happened if he ignored the man on the trail?

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