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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 8 How does Senator's friend, John Grimsley, get out of going to Vietnam?
(a) He cuts off his finger.
(b) He is given a psychological deferment.
(c) He goes to Canada.
(d) He shoots himself in the foot.

2. What does Bagger realize after he goes home to his wife and child for some R&R?
(a) He wishes he never joined the Marines.
(b) He wants to spend every minute with his child.
(c) He feels more comfortable in the bush.
(d) He wishes he could stay home.

3. What is Hodges thinking when he sees that Flaky has been shot?
(a) He is glad it is Flaky that is shot and not someone else.
(b) He will be more attentive to Flaky from now on.
(c) He is sorry for not being a better friend to Flaky.
(d) He wishes someone else had been shot and not Flaky.

4. Chapter 16 Where do black men go to talk about racism and an unjust world?
(a) The commander's tent
(b) In the trenches
(c) The Black Shack
(d) The chapel

5. Who goes to look for Baby Cakes and Ogre when they disappear?
(a) Senator, Sadler, and Bagger
(b) Senator, Cat Man, and Sadler
(c) Snake, Cannonball, Senator, Bagger, and Cat Man
(d) Cannonball and Sadler

6. What condition are Ogre and Baby Cakes in when they are found?
(a) They were stabbed.
(b) They were hanged from a tree.
(c) They were both shot in the forehead.
(d) They were beaten to death.

7. Where do the men gather as the sun begins to fall?
(a) They gather in the Lieutenant's tent.
(b) They gather around a campfire.
(c) They gather in small clumps in four man holes.
(d) They gather in a jungle hut.

8. Where is Goodrich attending college when he decides to enlist in the Marines?
(a) Boston University
(b) Suffolk University
(c) MIT
(d) Harvard

9. What does Major Otto tell Hodges about Arizona Valley?
(a) There is no hot food, no clean clothes, and blood and guts every day.
(b) It is hidden from the enemy.
(c) It is one of the quiet spots in the jungle.
(d) It's not as bad as everyone says.

10. Who denies access to Bagger when he wants to see his friend, Homicide?
(a) Cannonball
(b) Snake
(c) Austin
(d) Rap Jones

11. What does Snake's mother find so frustrating about her son?
(a) He never comes home.
(b) He is a high school dropout, fights all the time, and carries hatred in his heart.
(c) He is a college graduate with no job.
(d) He dropped out of college.

12. What does Cannonball need to help digest all the changes taking place in the black community?
(a) He needs his fellow brother's defiant words.
(b) He needs his mother's advice.
(c) He needs his father's strict hand.
(d) He needs the Reverend's words every Sunday.

13. Chapter 2 What is the reason that Bobby Hodges enlists in the armed forces?
(a) He is carrying on the family tradition of fighting for his country.
(b) He is trying to escape a petty crime.
(c) He doesn't know what else to do with his life.
(d) His mother convinces him to go.

14. Why doesn't Baby Cakes want Ogre with him?
(a) Ogre can't be trusted.
(b) Ogre almost got him shot earlier.
(c) Ogre never shuts up.
(d) Ogre has annoying habits.

15. Why were Bobby and his father named after Robert E. Lee?
(a) They were given the name because Bobby's grandmother was fascinated with Lee.
(b) They were given that name because Robert E. Lee personally thanked Bobby's ancestors for serving in the war.
(c) They were given the name because it was tradition to name the children after a war hero.
(d) They were given the name because Bobby's grandfather was a history buff.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Big Mac killed?

2. What news does the patrol read about in a newspaper from home?

3. What does Cannonball do to get out on the Medevac?

4. Why doesn't Hodges want to give food to the woman who asks for food for her child?

5. What happens to Dan's family when he sneaks away from his unit to bring his family to safety?

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