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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Specialist 4 Haywood T. Kirkland.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the VC fire directly at the bunker where Luther and Gillis are during the hospital attack?
(a) R5.
(b) FIM-92 Stinger.
(c) LRAC F1.
(d) B-40 rocket.

2. What type of torpedoes do the VC put down to blow the fence at the hospital where Luther works?
(a) Kaiten torpedo.
(b) Stingray Torpedo.
(c) Mark 14 torpedo.
(d) Bangalore torpedo.

3. What kind of an infection does Charles get when they are out in the rain during monsoon season?
(a) Eye infection.
(b) Ear infection.
(c) Foot infection.
(d) Kidney infection.

4. Why does Richard go on disability after serving as a federal agent?
(a) He was shot in the leg.
(b) He was shot in the head.
(c) He was shot in the shoulder.
(d) He was shot in the chest.

5. Why does Richard go directly to his church that first night he is home?
(a) To pray.
(b) To talk to the youth minister.
(c) To talk to the pastor.
(d) To thank people for praying for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Light Bulb's home town?

2. When Light Bulb and his unit are trying to extricate a helicopter that had been shot down, what do they keep hearing in the night?

3. When Haywood is sleeping in a rice paddy in the lowlands during monsoon season, how high does the water get?

4. Who was president when Wallace Terry was asked to cover a story on the role of the black soldier in the Vietnam War?

5. How many men's stories does Wallace Terry tell in the book?

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