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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 part of the story is Tim's own?
(a) The Silver Star part
(b) The part of playing basketball at the YMCA
(c) The part of pulling Kiowa by his boot
(d) The friend drowning part

2. What was wrong with the village the men come upon in "Style?"
(a) The villagers are all supporting the American cause
(b) It is deserted
(c) It is mostly all burned
(d) All the villagers are sick

3. What was unique about the mission the men were given when Rat Kiley was injured?
(a) They had to walk at night and sleep during the day
(b) They had to keep talking nonstop as part of a ruse
(c) They had to crawl the entire way
(d) They had to work alone

4. What almost killed Tim?
(a) A knife wound from town
(b) An improperly dressed wound
(c) A shot to the shoulder
(d) A partial land mine detonation

5. Who defends Lt. Cross from being at fault when the other guys want to blame him?
(a) Mitchell Sanders
(b) Henry Dobbins
(c) Norman Bowker
(d) Azar

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the most "spooked" in the end?

2. What question does Tim's daughter ask him?

3. What color clothes was the man wearing when Tim killed him?

4. What was Norman Bowker's chief criticism of the first draft of "Speaking of Courage?"

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. How does Tim react to Bobby Jorgenson's failings as a medic?

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

4. Contrast the two times Tim was shot.

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

6. What does the dancing girl symbolize to you?

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

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

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

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

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