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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Specialist 4 Richard J. Ford III; Specialist 4 Charles Strong.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days and nights does Charles say that it rains during monsoon season?
(a) 5.
(b) 20.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

2. In what year was Wallace Terry asked to fly to Saigon and cover a story on the role of the black soldier in the Vietnam War?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1972.

3. When Light Bulb arrives in the area near the Ia Drang Valley, how long had a man been standing on a mine?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) An hour.

4. What news reporter is in the Amtrac with Malik on August 5, 1965?
(a) Walter Cronkite.
(b) Homer Bigart.
(c) Morley Safer.
(d) Martha Gellhorn.

5. Where does Light Bulb do his basic training?
(a) Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
(b) Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
(c) Fort Knox, Kentucky.
(d) Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Light Bulb's home town?

2. How long does a Vietnamese interpreter tell Light Bulb that the Vietnamese had been fighting a war?

3. How old was Malik when he joined the Marines?

4. Where did Charles's family settle down?

5. What kind of an infection does Charles get when they are out in the rain during monsoon season?

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