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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the men camp in the chapter titled "Church?"
(a) At a Christian mission
(b) A pagoda
(c) Beneath a Hindu statue
(d) In a village with refugee clerics

2. Martha became a trained __________.
(a) Writer
(b) Nurse
(c) Doctor
(d) Teacher

3. Who visited the author, Tim O'Brien, to talk?
(a) Mitchell Sanders
(b) Rat Kiley
(c) Kiowa
(d) Jimmy Cross

4. Which men have a conversation when they see Lt. Cross crying after Ted Lavender's death?
(a) Mitchell Sanders and Dave Jensen
(b) Norman Bowker and Henry Dobbins
(c) Kiowa and Norman Bowker
(d) Rat Kiley and Kiowa

5. What does Rat Kiley do first to the baby water buffalo?
(a) Shoots it in the head
(b) Takes it for a walk
(c) Offers it pork and beans
(d) Shoots it in the knee

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the sister respond to Rat Kiley's letter?

2. What does Dave Jensen borrow?

3. What kind of wound qualified for a mercy kill?

4. What do the men call plane rides home to America?

5. What does Rat Kiley do to treat Lee Strunk's injury?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the incident of the broken noses affect the relationship between Dave Jensen and Lee Strunk?

2. What was the story for Mitchell Sander's moral of "Nobody listens?"

3. Why does Rat Kiley write a letter to Curt Lemon's sister, and what does the letter contain?

4. Why was Curt Lemon afraid of the dentist?

5. When Lee Strunk returns from sick bay, how does Dave Jensen react?

6. What caused Henry Dobbins to rule out a career as a minister?

7. Why is the story of Rat Kiley killing the baby water buffalo a "love" story?

8. How does Curt Lemon recover from his personal failure at the dentist?

9. What happens to make the platoon believe in the good luck provided by the pantyhose?

10. Why do you think Curt's sister gives the response she does?

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