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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is curious about if the narrator killed anybody?
(a) His son
(b) His friend
(c) His daughter
(d) His wife

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

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

6. Which is NOT a way Norman Bowker attempts to return to normal life?
(a) Dating a number of women
(b) Basketball at the YMCA
(c) Working at various jobs
(d) Classes at a community college

7. What color clothes was the man wearing when Tim killed him?
(a) Black
(b) Green
(c) Red
(d) Camouflage

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

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

10. 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) A letter from Kiowa's father
(d) Norman Boker's suicide

11. What is wrong with the field that Lt. Cross selects as the campsite that night?
(a) It's crawling with venomous snakes
(b) It's a graveyard
(c) It's where the village keeps their sewage
(d) It's infested with large bugs

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tim use to kill the man on the trail?

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

3. How many soldiers are said to be in the platoon?

4. What time of day was it when Tim killed the man on the trail?

5. Who does Rat Kiley accuse of whispering his name?

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