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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What irritated Hackworth in Vietnam?
(a) Cooperating with the South Vietnam army.
(b) Paperwork because of equipment being field tested.
(c) Reporting to General Maxwell.
(d) Command incompetence.

2. Where was the special force camp Hackworth's new unit was supposed to relieve located at?
(a) Tou Murong.
(b) Twan Wang.
(c) Han Chang.
(d) The Kwai river.

3. What position did Hackworth accept after being wounded?
(a) G-3 adviser to General Timothy.
(b) G-2 adviser to General Timothy.
(c) G-4 adviser to General Timothy.
(d) G-7 adviser to General Timothy.

4. What position did Hackworth accept when returning to Vietnam?
(a) Aid of General Marshall.
(b) Aid to General Appleworth.
(c) Aid to Ambassador Maxwell.
(d) Aid to General MacPherson.

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

6. What resulted in many casualties during the first major engagement of Hackworth's unit?
(a) Artillery barrages.
(b) Booby-traps.
(c) Suicide bombings.
(d) Snipers.

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

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

9. What company was pinned down by the NVA in Chapter 15?
(a) A company.
(b) D company.
(c) C company.
(d) F company.

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

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

12. Who was Secretary of the Army in 1969?
(a) Jack Kubrick.
(b) Timothy Maxwell.
(c) John Soppeman.
(d) Stanley Resor.

13. Where did Hackworth tell his wife to go during the Cuban missile crisis?
(a) To Canada.
(b) To a cabin in the mountains.
(c) To a house near the sea.
(d) To Mexico.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Hackworth accept in Chapter 18?

2. What did Hackworth think of the Vietnam War after touring the country?

3. Why was Hackworth dissatisfied with his commanding officer?

4. What name did Hackworth gave his battalion?

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

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