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

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

5. 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 distantly, because he isn't one of them anymore
(c) They greet him and treat him as if nothing happened
(d) They treat him politely and ask him for favors

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

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

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

9. What does Tim think would have happened if he ignored the man on the trail?
(a) Someone else in the platoon would have killed him
(b) The man would have surrendered
(c) The man would have planted land mines
(d) The man would have just continued down the trail, unharmed

10. What member of the platoon attempts to comfort Tim after he kills a man?
(a) Kiowa
(b) Azar
(c) Rat Kiley
(d) Lt. Cross

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

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

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

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

15. How could Kiowa be sure the man would have done harm to the platoon if Tim had not killed him?
(a) The man carried a gun and ammunition
(b) The man carried letters of troop movements
(c) The man carried dog tags of dead American soldiers
(d) The man carried a supply of land mines