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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. Why does Henry Dobbins think the girl is dancing?
(a) Because it is a ritual
(b) Because she is nervous
(c) Because she wants to
(d) Because she wants the soldiers to like her

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

3. Who is the most "spooked" in the end?
(a) Morty Phillips
(b) Tim
(c) Azar
(d) Bobby Jorgenson

4. What question of Kathleen's does Tim have a hard time finding an answer to?
(a) Why did he kill the man in the trail?
(b) Why were they visiting Vietnam?
(c) Why did he write war stories?
(d) Why was there a war?

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What activity does Norman Bowker do to avoid his troubles?

2. Who is the most upset by the act, and wants to know why the villager is behaving that way?

3. What is the name of Tim's daughter?

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

5. How many years has it been since the war for the author, at the time of writing the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Do you agree with Kiowa or Tim's point of view about the kill? Why?

3. What does the dancing girl symbolize to you?

4. What is the purpose of the visit to the battlefield where Kiowa was killed?

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

6. What happens to Tim after he kills the man in the path with a grenade?

7. What is unique about the movements required of Alpha Company for this chapter's mission?

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

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

10. How did the men recover Kiowa's body?

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