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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. What game do Henry Dobbins and Norman Bowker play?
(a) Rock, Paper, Scissors
(b) 20 Questions
(c) Cards
(d) Checkers

2. What happens to Mary Anne Bell in the end, according to Rat Kiley?
(a) She takes a helicopter back home
(b) She was killed by a land mine
(c) She goes out and never returns, becoming a part of Vietnam
(d) She and Mark Fossie get married on the beach

3. What movie did Jimmy Cross and Martha see on their date before the war?
(a) Bonnie and Clyde
(b) Rambo
(c) Pillow Talk
(d) Roman Holiday

4. What does Rat Kiley do to treat Lee Strunk's injury?
(a) Asks the men to donate blood
(b) Gives him a cigarette and tells him not to worry
(c) A tourniquet and morphine
(d) Caterizes the wound

5. What personality does Curt Lemon put out for others to see according to the narrator?
(a) A big prankster, always pulling tricks on members of the platoon
(b) A tough soldier, always puffing himself up
(c) A scared young man, always taking drugs to stay relaxed
(d) A de facto leader, always reminding the guys of SOP

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the monks take a special liking to and call "Soldier Jesus?"

2. Because he is a coward, what does Tim do?

3. Where is Lee Strunk when Dave Jensen shows his broken nose?

4. What did Kiowa teach to Rat Kiley?

5. What did he do that night after he fainted in the dentist tent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Elroy Berdahl and what is his significance to the narrator?

2. Who did you think was the victim as you read the chapter, and who did you think was the victim once you finished it? Why?

3. How did things start when Mary Anne first arrived, and how did they change?

4. How does Lieutenant Cross resolve his responsibility in Ted Lavender's death?

5. Why was Curt Lemon afraid of the dentist?

6. Why do you think Martha never married?

7. How does Lee Strunk react to his injury?

8. What would you guess happened during the war that Jimmy asked Tim to leave out of his book?

9. Why do the men like checkers?

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

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