Dispatches Test | Final Test - Easy

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Dispatches Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Red Cross nurses offer soldiers returning from battle?
(a) Coffee
(b) A beer
(c) A hot bath
(d) A night in town

2. According to Herr, how do the higher levels of the military behave?
(a) They lie to make things appear better than they are
(b) They refuse to communicate with the press
(c) They are congenial but evasive
(d) They tell the truth as painful as it may be

3. What event occurs at the same time as the Khe Sanh battle?
(a) Herr's birthday
(b) Page dies in battle
(c) The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
(d) The Beatles visit Saigon

4. With which magazine is Karsten Prager associated?
(a) Esquire
(b) Time
(c) Life
(d) Newsweek

5. What does JUSPAO stand for?
(a) Joining United States Publishers Articles Overseas
(b) Journalists from US Publishing Articles Overseas
(c) Joint US Publishing Affairs Organization
(d) Joint US Public Affairs Office

6. How many meters separate the bunkers and the NVA trenches?
(a) Three hundred
(b) One hundred
(c) Five hundred
(d) Twenty

7. Who recognizes Herr at China Beach?
(a) General Tompkins
(b) Dan Rather from CBS
(c) Two Marines from the 26th Company
(d) Robert McNamara

8. Herr compares some of the reporters to what other profession?
(a) movie stars
(b) accountants
(c) police officers
(d) secretaries

9. What does Herr believe about the press secretary at Khe Sanh?
(a) That he is scared of the war
(b) That he is no good at his job
(c) That he is really a good soldier
(d) That he likes to tell lies

10. Who gets regular leave to China Beach?
(a) The Press Corps
(b) The officers
(c) Good combat Marines
(d) Wounded Marines

11. What does Herr choose not to carry with him that many other reporters carry?
(a) His credentials
(b) Extra ammunition
(c) Cameras
(d) Extra food

12. With which newspaper is Peter Braestrup associated?
(a) Washington Post
(b) Boston Globe
(c) Philadelphia Enquirer
(d) New York Times

13. Who is the press secretary for Khe Sanh?
(a) Seann Flynn Page
(b) Colonel David Lownds
(c) Herr
(d) Dana Stone

14. What is the name of the relief operation at Khe Sanh?
(a) Operation Get Out Now
(b) Operation Pegasus
(c) Operation Eagle
(d) Operation Winged-Horse

15. Where is Mayhew's friend recovering before returning to Khe Sanh?
(a) Saigon
(b) Hue
(c) China Beach
(d) Danang

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things mark his visits with friends?

2. Why does Seann Flynn not seem to fit in a combat zone?

3. What is the General's response?

4. What is the loud hammering Herr hears inside the Chinook helicopter?

5. How old is Page on his next birthday?

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