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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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

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

5. In Tim's imagination, what village is the man he killed from?
(a) My Khe
(b) Than Khe
(c) Saigon
(d) Tra Bong

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

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

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

9. Who do the platoon meet in the village?
(a) An old woman
(b) An old man
(c) A young boy
(d) A young girl

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

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

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

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

14. How does the narrator find relief from his feelings about the war?
(a) He cries
(b) He visits VA hospitals
(c) He writes stories
(d) He works out

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What animal does Tim notice as he tries to process the death of the man he killed?

3. What question of Kathleen's does Tim have a hard time finding an answer to?

4. Who warns Lt. Cross about the location the men choose to camp in?

5. Who was the first person Tim grieved for their death?

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