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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who helps Tim spook Bobby Jorgenson out on patrol?
(a) Mitchell Sanders
(b) Henry Dobbins
(c) Azar
(d) Morty Phillips
2. What color clothes was the man wearing when Tim killed him?
(a) Red
(b) Green
(c) Black
(d) Camouflage
3. What landmark was Tim able to recognize in the field where Kiowa died, years later?
(a) The place where his foxhole was
(b) The small area where Lt. Cross had set up command post
(c) The exact place where Kiowa was hit by a shell
(d) The landing area the men cleared for the chopper
4. 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
5. What activity does Norman Bowker do to avoid his troubles?
(a) He drives around the lake
(b) He relaxes with his Dad and watches baseball
(c) He gets drunk
(d) He works a double shift
6. Who mimics the girl's dancing later that night, making Henry Dobbins angry?
(a) Curt Lemon
(b) Rat Kiley
(c) Tim
(d) Azar
7. Who makes the decision to NOT alert Lt. Cross about finding the body?
(a) Mitchell Sanders
(b) Rat Kiley
(c) Henry Dobbins
(d) Azar
8. What is wrong with the field that Lt. Cross selects as the campsite that night?
(a) It's a graveyard
(b) It's crawling with venomous snakes
(c) It's infested with large bugs
(d) It's where the village keeps their sewage
9. What time of day was it when Tim killed the man on the trail?
(a) Dawn
(b) Afternoon
(c) Midnight
(d) Dusk
10. How do the men in the platoon treat Tim when they run into him at the supply command?
(a) They treat him politely and ask him for favors
(b) They ignore him because they all thought he died
(c) They greet him and treat him as if nothing happened
(d) They treat him distantly, because he isn't one of them anymore
11. What was Norman Bowker's chief criticism of the first draft of "Speaking of Courage?"
(a) A lack of details
(b) The piece is too long
(c) It was a gross embellishment of the truth
(d) The piece is too short
12. How did the old farmer react to Tim?
(a) He gave him a hug
(b) He raised a shovel in defiance
(c) He smiled as he drove past
(d) He shook hands and shared war stories
13. What is not a phrase used by the men to describe the dead?
(a) Roasted peanut
(b) Cracker jack
(c) Crunchie munchie
(d) Crispy critter
14. Who defends Lt. Cross from being at fault when the other guys want to blame him?
(a) Norman Bowker
(b) Azar
(c) Henry Dobbins
(d) Mitchell Sanders
15. What event causes Tim to revise "Speaking of Courage," following Norman Bowker's advice?
(a) The death of Lt. Cross
(b) Feedback from his daughter
(c) Norman Boker's suicide
(d) A letter from Kiowa's father
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the author say about truth?
2. How many years has it been since the war for the author, at the time of writing the novel?
3. By what area of the body does Norman Bowker attempt to pull the body out of the muck?
4. Which is NOT a way the men react to Rat Kiley's injury?
5. What part of the story is Tim's own?
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