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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. How is the greeting Tyson receives at the military base characterized?
(a) As congenial.
(b) As friendly.
(c) As rude.
(d) As harried.

2. When Tyson begins to beat up the man he goes outside the officer's club to meet, who breaks up the fight?
(a) Keith Overbrook.
(b) Vincent Corva.
(c) Martin Levin.
(d) Chet Brown.

3. According to Tyson's military attorney, it is always a bad idea to cross-examine who?
(a) A nun.
(b) A liar.
(c) A witness.
(d) A soldier.

4. When Tyson's wife arrives home the day Tyson first learns of the book, what does Tyson's wife find him doing?
(a) Praying.
(b) Shouting.
(c) Crying.
(d) Napping.

5. Where is the cottage that Tyson rents for the summer located?
(a) Cape Cod.
(b) Saginaw Island.
(c) Sag Harbor.
(d) Hilton Head.

Short Answer Questions

1. While having dinner with Marcy, who does Tyson go outside to meet?

2. What is the name of the noted military law professor that the government's team consults?

3. When Tyson and Marcy go to the officer's club to have dinner, who does the person Tyson introduces to his wife claim to be?

4. When Tyson goes home to tie up some loose ends, he calls Marcy. What does he tell Marcy he wants?

5. What was hanging out of one of the windows of the building Tyson's platoon attacked, according to the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to what Picard tells Ben Tyson, why did his mysterious visitor come to see him?

2. Ben and Marcy meet with Levin after Levin has read Harper's official report. Based on that report, what does Levin share with Ben and Marcy?

3. Why is Ben Tyson afraid of following the advice given to him by his attorney just after Tyson learns of the book's existence?

4. When being questioned by the government investigator, Tyson realizes that his story is full of holes, but sticks to it anyway. Why?

5. Why does Tyson refuse to call for those members of his platoon who are still alive to come to his defense?

6. According to Levin, why will Tyson be held to a higher standard for his actions in Vietnam than others will be?

7. Why does Tyson object to the radius in which Tyson's travel is restricted to while he lives on the military base?

8. Why does Marcy object to the company's offer to relocate Tyson?

9. When Tyson and Marcy go to the officer's club to have dinner, why is Tyson rude to the person he introduces to Marcy?

10. When Tyson meets with the man who quietly suggests that Tyson leave the country, how does that meeting end?

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