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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. By what area of the body does Norman Bowker attempt to pull the body out of the muck?
(a) His boot
(b) His hand
(c) His arm
(d) His belt

4. Why does Henry Dobbins think the girl is dancing?
(a) Because she is nervous
(b) Because it is a ritual
(c) Because she wants the soldiers to like her
(d) Because she wants to

5. What was wrong with the village the men come upon in "Style?"
(a) The villagers are all supporting the American cause
(b) All the villagers are sick
(c) It is deserted
(d) It is mostly all burned

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What Army position did the narrator hold?
(a) Radio man
(b) Foot soldier
(c) Lieutenant
(d) Pilot

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What medal did Norman Bowker almost win?

2. Who defends Lt. Cross from being at fault when the other guys want to blame him?

3. How do the men in the platoon treat Tim when they run into him at the supply command?

4. What was the young man trying to show Kiowa before "the whole field blew up around them?"

5. What source of light gave away the platoon's position?

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