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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What unit performed to Hackworth's satisfaction at Phn Rang?
(a) The Hackworth Rangers.
(b) The Second Army.
(c) The Screaming Eagles.
(d) The 27th Regiment.

2. What was the name of the unit Hackworth was sent to Vietnam with in Chapter 14?
(a) The Roaring Lions 1st Brigade.
(b) The Screaming Eagles 1st Brigade.
(c) The Hissing Snakes 1st Brigade.
(d) The Baring Elephants 1st Brigade.

3. 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.

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

5. What was the name of the air hostess Hackworth met in Australia?
(a) Martha Wi.
(b) Sphie Martin.
(c) Andrea Marcell.
(d) Jenny Bates.

6. When did the Tet offensive take place?
(a) 1966.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1968.

7. What did the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff name the restructuration program of the Army?
(a) REAL.
(b) NONO.
(c) ROAD.
(d) DIRT.

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

10. What did Hackworth decide between trips to the U.S.?
(a) That he wanted to teach.
(b) That he wanted to stay in the army as long as possible.
(c) That he wanted to resign his commission.
(d) That his marriage with Patty was over.

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

12. How often were Commanding Officers rotated in Vietnam?
(a) Every 3 months.
(b) Every 5 months.
(c) Every 6 months.
(d) Every 12 months.

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

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

15. What was the system in the Pentagon preventing, according to Hackworth?
(a) Necessary changes on how the contracts were awarded.
(b) Necessary changes in how the officers were paid.
(c) Necessary changes in the supply system.
(d) Necessary changes in the schooling system.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who was killed during the operation in Chapter 15?

4. When was Hackworth assigned as advisor to the Airborne Division?

5. Who approved recommendations of their action officers at the Pentagon?

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