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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. Who is unlucky to draw tunnel duty during the mission outside Than Khe?
(a) Ted Lavender
(b) Lee Strunk
(c) Henry Dobbins
(d) Mitchell Sanders

2. How is Lee Strunk medically treated?
(a) Village women help fix him
(b) Rat Kiley give him bandages
(c) He refuses medical treatment
(d) He is choppered back

3. Who does Tim credit with saving his life?
(a) His father
(b) Mitchell Sanders
(c) Elroy Berdahl
(d) Aunt Jean

4. How old is Tim O'Brien when he wrote the book?
(a) 55
(b) 62
(c) 43
(d) 21

5. What is Jimmy Cross's last request to Tim at the end chapter 2?
(a) To make sure he is buried at home
(b) To take care of Martha for him
(c) To help him find a job
(d) To not mention something in his book

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What holiday did Curt Lemon celebrate with the villagers?

3. What is Dave Jensen worried about?

4. What does Elroy do to tempt Tim to run away?

5. What does Dave Jensen borrow?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you describe Martha's "separate-but-together quality" her and Lieutenant Cross share? What does she send to represent this quality?

2. What is so unbelievable about Rat Kiley's story?

3. Explain your thoughts on this quote: "I was a coward. I went to war."

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

5. Explain why you think Dave Jensen is so upset someone stole from him.

6. What is Henry's reaction to his girlfriend dumping him?

7. What does Dave Jensen do to make himself square with Lee Strunk?

8. How are the terms of the death pact ultimately carried out?

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

10. Why did the men have to see the dentist?

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