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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Hackworth offered a position in 1968?

3. When was Joel Hackworth born?

4. What was the first thing Hackworth learned in Vietnam?

5. What was the system in the Pentagon preventing, according to Hackworth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who invited Hackworth to dinner according to Chapter 20?

2. How did Colonel Hanh act according to Chapter 21?

3. What irritated Hackworth about the new equipment?

4. Who was Hackworth called to brief and what did Hackworth receive?

5. What is Chapter 22 a transcript of?

6. What was Hackworth allowed after he recovered?

7. What did the Army make arrangements for Hackworth to do in Chapter 13?

8. What job did Hackworth want at the beginning of Chapter 16 and what was his assignment?

9. What did Hackworth say of his experience with the NVA troops?

10. When did the Screaming Eagles 1st Brigade arrive in Vietnam according to Chapter 14 and who greeted them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Eisenhower's view of the United States military spending with that of President Kennedy.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the bureaucratic procedure in the United States and analyze Hackworth's belief that the system prevents changes in training policy.

Essay Topic 3

Examine how prisoners of war were treated during the Korean War.

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