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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 was the young man trying to show Kiowa before "the whole field blew up around them?"
(a) A medal for bravery
(b) A picture of his girlfriend
(c) A passage in the Bible
(d) A postcard from home

2. Who does Tim blame for his near-death experience?
(a) Mitchell Sanders
(b) Morty Phillips
(c) Bobby Jorgenson
(d) Rat Kiley

3. What is wrong with the field that Lt. Cross selects as the campsite that night?
(a) It's a graveyard
(b) It's crawling with venomous snakes
(c) It's infested with large bugs
(d) It's where the village keeps their sewage

4. What is the person they meet doing in the middle of a burned house?
(a) Talking to the dead
(b) Eating
(c) Crying
(d) Dancing

5. What is Tim trying to save with a story?
(a) Linda's memory
(b) Kathleen's education
(c) His own life
(d) All of his war buddies' lives

Short Answer Questions

1. What personal item did Tim "bury" in the river?

2. Who does Tim take with him on his trip to Vietnam?

3. Who does Rat Kiley accuse of whispering his name?

4. What couldn't Tim bring himself to do?

5. What is not a phrase used by the men to describe the dead?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Contrast the two times Tim was shot.

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

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

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

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

7. What is the main struggle for the narrator/author in the chapter "Good Form?"

8. What does the dancing girl symbolize to you?

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

10. How is Norma Bowker's life before the war and after the war contrasted?

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