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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Hackworth assigned after completing his training?
(a) Battery A of the 7th AAA.
(b) Battery D of the 77th AAA.
(c) Battery C of the 77th AAA.
(d) Battery C of the 177th AAA.

2. What did Hackworth feel the politicians and generals did not know according to Chapter 19?
(a) What was really going on in Vietnam.
(b) How much money the Army was spending on bad equipment.
(c) Who was in charge in Vietnam.
(d) How much the war in Vietnam cost.

3. What did Hackworth let his hierarchy know?
(a) That he wanted to stay in California.
(b) That he wanted to resign.
(c) That he was unhappy with his assignment.
(d) That he was happy to teach.

4. What was the name of the medic assigned with Hackworth?
(a) Marks.
(b) De Rich.
(c) Smith.
(d) Van Mieter.

5. Where was Hackworth during the battle of la Drang Valley?
(a) In Japan.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) In Saigon.
(d) In the U.S.

Short Answer Questions

1. Until when did Hackworth hold the position of Group HQ Battery CO?

2. What general changed his mind about a promise he made to Hackworth?

3. Where did Hackworth spend some R&R in 1966?

4. When were U.S. destroyers attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin?

5. What did Hackworth want to do after his first tour of duty in Vietnam ended in Chapter 16?

(see the answer key)

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