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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who fires on the soldiers Herr travels with?
(a) Vietnamese citizens
(b) A US boat
(c) The NVA
(d) Japanese

2. What happens to South Vietnamese at Hue?
(a) They are given reprive to go home
(b) They are taken to POW camps
(c) They are recruited by the Americans
(d) They are executed by NVA

3. Who says he is now emperor?
(a) Major Tra Wahn
(b) Khe Sahn
(c) Major Trong
(d) Ho Chi Minh

4. No soldier would want to return home with this.
(a) Depression
(b) Malaria
(c) Shell shock
(d) Lost limbs

5. The soldiers feel that the actual death count is closer to how many times the official count?
(a) three to four times
(b) the official count is correct
(c) ten times
(d) two times

6. Why do many soldiers miss details that could have kept them alive?
(a) Loss of Hearing
(b) Fatigue
(c) COs do not tell them
(d) They do not care to live

7. What does Herr say is the reason he came to Vietnam?
(a) To meet Seann Flynn
(b) To further his career
(c) To do his duty to his country
(d) To visit a foreign country

8. What is the official death toll for Ia Drang listed at?
(a) 300
(b) 3000
(c) 400
(d) 500

9. What are the four geographical areas of Vietnam?
(a) delta, flats, piedmont, highlands
(b) delta, rivers, mountains, plains
(c) plains, piedmont, mountains, lowlands
(d) north, south, east, west

10. Where does Herr find himself during a downpour?
(a) An airfield in Kontum
(b) A hotel in Saigon
(c) A bunker in the jungle
(d) China Beach

11. How long does it take for Herr to hear all the variations of war stories?
(a) Two years
(b) Six months
(c) One year
(d) A month

12. What phrase is used even though most soldiers don't mean it?
(a) Good Luck
(b) Good Job
(c) Give them Heck
(d) Break a Leg

13. What are the streets of Saigon full of?
(a) Animals
(b) Dead soldiers
(c) Prostitutes
(d) Crime and trash

14. Many soldiers carry what to keep them safe?
(a) Good luck charms
(b) An extra grenade
(c) A knife in their boot
(d) A handgun

15. Where does Herr place Khe Sanh?
(a) In I Corps
(b) In the delta
(c) On top of the piedmont
(d) Just outside the DMZ

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Herr smoke before sleeping that causes him to have strange dreams?

2. What is another term for shell shock?

3. What are the names the military gives to the geographical areas of Vietnam?

4. According to Herr, no parents want their son to return with this.

5. What is a LRRP?

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