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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. Where does Haywood go to basic training?
(a) Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
(b) Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
(c) Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
(d) Fort Benning, Georgia.

2. What kind of an infection does Charles get when they are out in the rain during monsoon season?
(a) Kidney infection.
(b) Eye infection.
(c) Foot infection.
(d) Ear infection.

3. In the early years of the Vietnam War, what percent of fatalities were blacks?
(a) 45 percent.
(b) 33 percent.
(c) 23 percent.
(d) 11 percent.

4. Where did Light Bulb go to college for a semester before enlisting?
(a) Southern Illinois University.
(b) Indiana State University.
(c) University of Illinois.
(d) Bowling Green State University.

5. What nationality are many of the shop owners in the area around the hospital where Luther works?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Vietnamese.
(c) Korean.
(d) Thai.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Haywood's father do?

2. Why does Richard go on disability after serving as a federal agent?

3. About how many villages does Haywood's platoon burn down?

4. When do Haywood and the others rob the post office?

5. What do the VC fire directly at the bunker where Luther and Gillis are during the hospital attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Haywood see in a vision when he was twelve?

2. By 1969, what new type of black soldier appeared in Vietnam?

3. What happens to a white guy from D.C. that Haywood meets just after joining Tango Squad?

4. How does Light Bulb get a man off a mine that he had stepped on?

5. What dreams did Charles have?

6. Why couldn't Richard sleep the first night he was home?

7. What does Haywood remember about night movement in a monsoon?

8. Describe the robbery that Haywood plans and executes.

9. Why does Malik go into the service?

10. What will Charles do if he is ever asked to fight overseas again?

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