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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 Army position did the narrator hold?
(a) Lieutenant
(b) Radio man
(c) Foot soldier
(d) Pilot

2. Which feeling does the narrator not admit to about the war?
(a) Grief
(b) Sadness
(c) Guilt
(d) Responsibility

3. What activity does Norman Bowker do to avoid his troubles?
(a) He relaxes with his Dad and watches baseball
(b) He gets drunk
(c) He works a double shift
(d) He drives around the lake

4. What did Tim use to kill the man on the trail?
(a) A grenade
(b) A pistol
(c) A machine gun
(d) A trip wire land mine

5. How old was Tim when he first dealt with death?
(a) 16
(b) 24
(c) 9
(d) 19

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the person they meet doing in the middle of a burned house?

2. Who mimics the girl's dancing later that night, making Henry Dobbins angry?

3. What part of the story is Tim's own?

4. What does the author say about truth?

5. Which is not a way the men coped with the night mission?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Henry Dobbins and Azar disagree about the girl's motive to dance?

2. What is Norman's assessment of his valor and bravery?

3. How does Norman Bowker ultimately cope with returning home?

4. How does Rat Kiley cope with the difficult mission of up all night, and sleeping during the day?

5. Contrast the two times Tim was shot.

6. What does Tim invent about the man he killed?

7. What important information does the reader learn about the story in the preceding chapter?

8. Explain who feels blame for Kiowa's death.

9. Explain Tim's dilemma about how he killed a man on the trail outside My Khe.

10. What two types of truth are there for the author and reader?

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