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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What academy did Hackworth create?
(a) The Long Range Shooting Academy.
(b) The Sport Academy.
(c) The Booby-Trap Avoidance Academy.
(d) The Ambush Academy.

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

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

5. 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 Mekong Delta.
(c) The streets of Hanoi.
(d) The Northern Jungles.

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

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

8. Who was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Cuban missile crisis?
(a) Maxwell D. Taylor.
(b) Ira G. Krogger.
(c) Jack B. Markus.
(d) John A. Steven.

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

10. What was emphasized as a measurement of success in Vietnam?
(a) Number of men lost.
(b) Number of missions done.
(c) Number of air sorties.
(d) Body count.

11. Where did Hackworth spend time before going to Pleiko according to Chapter 20?
(a) Saigon.
(b) Japan.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) Saipan.

12. When were U.S. destroyers attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin?
(a) August 1964.
(b) August 1969.
(c) August 1962.
(d) August 1965.

13. Why did Hackworth miss his graduation?
(a) He was sent to Vietnam to train new recruit.
(b) He was sent to be the aid of the Chief of Staff of the President.
(c) He was sent to the Army's Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth.
(d) He was sent to the Army War College in New Hampshire.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What 1969 battle did Hackworth's men participate in?

2. What position did Hackworth accept in Chapter 18?

3. What was Hackworth assigned to after returning to the U.S.?

4. What was Hackworth attending at the start of the Cuban missile crisis?

5. What position did Hackworth accept when returning to Vietnam?

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