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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. What is the name of the psychiatrist that Tyson almost told the truth to about the events in Vietnam?
(a) Dr. Hue.
(b) Dr. Ramsey.
(c) Dr. Mayne.
(d) Dr. Stahl.
2. Where does the second interview between Tyson and the government's investigator take place?
(a) Washington, D.C.
(b) New York City.
(c) Boston.
(d) Los Angeles.
3. As Tyson remembers back to the day of his injury, what did he remember the person attending him writing on his forehead?
(a) QT.
(b) DNR.
(c) NM.
(d) LC.
4. Who is the Army's Judge Advocate General?
(a) Herbert Swenson.
(b) Fraser Duncan.
(c) William Van Arken.
(d) Thomas Berg.
5. What kind of platoon was Tyson's platoon?
(a) A reconnaissance platoon.
(b) A rifle platoon.
(c) An infantry division.
(d) A ballistics division.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the restrictions placed upon Tyson when he reaches the base, how far from the base is he allowed to travel?
2. In Vietnam, when Tyson and his platoon came across civilians digging in the ground, what were the civilians doing?
3. When Marcy and Ben talk after Ben returns to the cottage in Sag Harbor, what does Marcy want Ben to do?
4. What is the name of Ben Tyson's wife?
5. When Tyson is leaving his house, what does his limousine driver tell him?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to Levin, why will Tyson be held to a higher standard for his actions in Vietnam than others will be?
2. According to Tyson, it was standard practice in Vietnam that an officer had some enemy weapons to turn in with bodies of innocent civilians killed. Why?
3. Ben and Marcy meet with Levin after Levin has read Harper's official report. Based on that report, what does Levin share with Ben and Marcy?
4. Why does Tyson object to the radius in which Tyson's travel is restricted to while he lives on the military base?
5. When Tyson's platoon was pinned down by enemy fire, what did Tyson realize would offer his platoon a chance to escape?
6. Describe the situation that Picard shares with Ben Tyson as an example of one of Picard's "bad light" experiences.
7. Why do Berg, Truscott, and Van Arken decide to go after Tyson instead of the enlisted men?
8. According to what Picard tells Ben Tyson, why does Picard confide that he probably should not have used the chapter about the hospital massacre?
9. According to the book about the events in Vietnam, why was an Australian killed?
10. According to what Tyson confides to Levin during their meeting, how did Tyson come to feel during his time in Vietnam?
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