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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 the most upset by the act, and wants to know why the villager is behaving that way?
(a) Kiowa
(b) Azar
(c) Henry Dobbins
(d) Tim

2. What is not a phrase used by the men to describe the dead?
(a) Crunchie munchie
(b) Crispy critter
(c) Cracker jack
(d) Roasted peanut

3. What did Kiowa's father do?
(a) Teach Sunday school
(b) Teach elementary school
(c) Work as a gardener
(d) Work as a mechanic

4. How does the narrator find relief from his feelings about the war?
(a) He writes stories
(b) He works out
(c) He cries
(d) He visits VA hospitals

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What event causes Tim to revise "Speaking of Courage," following Norman Bowker's advice?

3. What is Tim trying to save with a story?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Tim go on a trip with and where do they go?

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

3. What does the dancing girl symbolize to you?

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

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

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

7. Contrast the two times Tim was shot.

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

9. What was Tim's first experience with death?

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

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