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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was John Hayes assigned to command Hackworth's Brigade?
(a) March 1968.
(b) March 1969.
(c) March 1967.
(d) March 1966.

2. Where were Hackworth's wife and children when the Cuban missile crisis occurred in Chapter 13?
(a) In Los Angeles.
(b) In New York.
(c) In Colorado Springs.
(d) In Austin.

3. What did Hackworth tell the Secretary of the Army?
(a) That the United States was winning the war.
(b) That the United States was losing the war.
(c) That the United States needed more bombers.
(d) That the United States needed more tanks.

4. What was the first thing Hackworth learned in Vietnam?
(a) That the Viet Cong is not in the cities.
(b) That he should always have a change of socks.
(c) There was no safe zone.
(d) The language.

5. Where did Hackworth move his family after returning from Vietnam?
(a) Tokyo.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Bunker, Virginia.
(d) New York.

6. What village was Hackworth at when he asked the old man about the NVA?
(a) Hang Wan.
(b) My Phu.
(c) My Ti.
(d) He Phu.

7. What operation previously considered stunning did Hackworth study?
(a) Operation Attleboro.
(b) Operation Hammer.
(c) Operation Pounder.
(d) Operation Claw.

8. Who were the commanding officers of the pinned down company in Chapter 15?
(a) Captains Murphy and Emerson.
(b) Captain Bluwater and Hash.
(c) Captains Johnson and Murphy.
(d) Captains Markus and Steven.

9. Who was Hackworth called to brief about his actions?
(a) The Chief of Staff.
(b) President Kennedy.
(c) General Watson.
(d) General Westmoreland.

10. Why was Hackworth dissatisfied with his commanding officer?
(a) The body count only policy put in men in danger needlessly.
(b) He considered him incompetent.
(c) He issued orders directly to Hackworth men, bypassing him.
(d) He was from Harvard and Hackworth was from Yale.

11. Who was the U.S. ambassador in Vietnam in 1965?
(a) Maxwell D. Taylor.
(b) Ira Weng.
(c) John Smith.
(d) Markus Stubber.

12. What did Hackworth think of the Vietnam War after touring the country?
(a) The U.S. was losing the war.
(b) It was all but won.
(c) It was impossible to predict.
(d) The U.S. could win with more troops.

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

14. Where was Hackworth assigned after his tour in Vietnam?
(a) Okinawa.
(b) Berlin NATO headquarters.
(c) Saigon General Command.
(d) The Pentagon Office of Personnel.

15. Who lived in a plush villa and acted like a war lord?
(a) Colonel Tu.
(b) Colonel Tang.
(c) Colonel Zi.
(d) Colonel Hanh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was emphasized as a measurement of success in Vietnam?

2. What was the system in the Pentagon preventing, according to Hackworth?

3. Where was the special force camp Hackworth's new unit was supposed to relieve located at?

4. What did Hackworth learn 6 months after the unit's first major engagement from a Vietcong prisoner?

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

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