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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) How much the war in Vietnam cost.
(d) Who was in charge in Vietnam.

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

3. What position did Hackworth accept in Chapter 18?
(a) Inspector General in Vietnam.
(b) Commander of Fort Maxwell.
(c) Aid to the base commander.
(d) Battalion commander.

4. When did the NVA leave the engagement area?
(a) At noon.
(b) At dusk.
(c) During the night.
(d) At dawn.

5. What was the first major engagement for Hackworth and his men?
(a) Operation Shield.
(b) Operation Gibraltar.
(c) Operation Bertha.
(d) Operation Hammer.

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

7. What position did Hackworth occupy at the time of the Cuban missile crisis?
(a) G-7 Operationg Officer.
(b) G-4 Operationg Officer.
(c) G-5 Operationg Officer.
(d) G-3 Operationg Officer.

8. When did Hackworth arrive in Vietnam?
(a) July 1966.
(b) July 1968.
(c) July 1967.
(d) July 1965.

9. What did Hackworth do with the Tigers and B company?
(a) He positioned them on the right side of the enemy.
(b) He positioned them on both sides of the enemy.
(c) He positioned them behind the enemy.
(d) He positioned them behind the company headquarters.

10. In what task force was Hackworth involved in 1963?
(a) Susie.
(b) Cassidy.
(c) Martha.
(d) Robert.

11. What was Hackworth responsible for in the Pentagon, according to Chapter 17?
(a) The Army weapons contract payments.
(b) The Army supply going to Vietnam.
(c) The Army service schools in the U.S.
(d) The Army detail protecting Washington, D.C.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Fire Base Dickey located?

2. What company was pinned down by the NVA in Chapter 15?

3. Where were Hackworth's wife and children when the Cuban missile crisis occurred in Chapter 13?

4. Why did Hackworth miss his graduation?

5. Where did Hackworth complete his Bachelor's degree?

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