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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What part of Vietnam did Hackworth say had the worse conditions ever experienced by an American soldier?
(a) The high plateau of center Vietnam.
(b) The Northern Jungles.
(c) The Mekong Delta.
(d) The streets of Hanoi.

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

4. What was Hackworth's recommendation to the Secretary of the Army?
(a) To stop training the South Vietnam Army.
(b) More competent advisors.
(c) To get more planes.
(d) To invade Cambodia and Laos.

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

6. Why did Hackworth refuse to be evacuated to Japan?
(a) He wanted to write the mission reports himself.
(b) He wanted to stay with his mistress.
(c) He was afraid of poor care.
(d) He would have lost his command.

7. How long did Hackworth stay in the U.S. after returning from Vietnam?
(a) 2 months.
(b) 12 months.
(c) 9 months.
(d) 22 months.

8. What was Hackworth attending at the start of the Cuban missile crisis?
(a) West Point.
(b) The War College.
(c) Infantry Career Course.
(d) Community College.

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

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

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

12. What unit did Hackworth take command of in 1966?
(a) The 1/27.
(b) The 2/198.
(c) The 1/237.
(d) The 7/237.

13. When was Joel Hackworth born?
(a) In 1975.
(b) When Hackworth divorced Patty.
(c) When Hackworth was wounded by rocket fire.
(d) When Hackworth was to sent to Vietnam.

14. Who invited Hackworth to dinner and asked him to be his G-3?
(a) General Jefferson.
(b) General Tank.
(c) General Ewell.
(d) General Nighthawk.

15. What did Hackworth spend most of his time doing working with General Timothy?
(a) Writing reports.
(b) Teaching new recruits how to fight.
(c) Taking his men into battle.
(d) Being treated for wounds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Hackworth offered a position in 1968?

3. How was the yearly training exercise of 1963 named?

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

5. What was the first major engagement for Hackworth and his men?

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