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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is not a way the men coped with the night mission?
(a) Safety line
(b) Vitamins for better eye sight
(c) Flashlights
(d) NoDoz

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

3. 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 crawl the entire way
(c) They had to walk at night and sleep during the day
(d) They had to keep talking nonstop as part of a ruse

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

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

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

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

8. How does Rat Kiley deal with the mission at first?
(a) By counting as high as he can
(b) By killing all the bugs
(c) By remaining silent
(d) By talking non stop

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

10. 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

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

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

13. Who helps Tim spook Bobby Jorgenson out on patrol?
(a) Mitchell Sanders
(b) Morty Phillips
(c) Azar
(d) Henry Dobbins

14. 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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was Norman Bowker's chief criticism of the first draft of "Speaking of Courage?"

4. What almost killed Tim?

5. In Tim's imagination, what village is the man he killed from?

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