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1.	Why did Terry have a hard time accepting his mother's explanation that "Vietnam" was the cause of his father's problem?
	A.	He didn't believe that a war could cause a problem like that.
	B.	The father of someone he knew was also in Vietnam but didn't have the same problem.
	C.	He thought his father's problem would have gone away by now if it were caused by the war.
	D.	He didn't understand how bad the war in Vietnam had been.

2.	What happened when Terry tried to research the Vietnam war?
	A.	He found some interesting books that brought to life what really happened there.
	B.	The school library didn't have anything about the Vietnam War.
	C.	His mother got upset that he was trying to find information about the Vietnam War.
	D.	He found facts and statistics but nothing that could help him understand his father's situation.

3.	How did Terry react to the incident in the mall at the hardware store?
	A.	He was so embarrassed that later he would even cross the street if he saw his father coming.
	B.	He felt so sorry for his dad that he tried to spend more time with him when he came home from school.
	C.	He was angry at his mother for not being there to help him when the incident occurred.
	D.	He was so embarrassed that he walked away from the scene when he saw the crowd at the hardware store.

4.	At first what reason did Terry's father give for not going into the whole background about Vietnam?
	A.	He said he had already discussed it with a therapist and he did not want to go over the whole story again.
	B.	He said since it happened even before he met his wife, it had nothing to do with their family now.
	C.	He said he had tried telling the story to others before but no one believed him.
	D.	He said that he was afraid of his wife finding out from Terry what had really happened in Vietnam.

5.	What did Terry's father finally reveal about his experience in Vietnam?
	A.	He had killed a person and could not live with himself after that.
	B.	He had tried to save a friend's life but did not succeed in doing so.
	C.	The rest of his group was killed at the rice paddy, and he was the only one who survived.
	D.	He thought of himself as a coward because he ran when the rest of the group was being fired on by the enemy.

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