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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Captain Norman Alexander McDaniel; Sergeant Major Edgar A. Huff; Staff Sergeant Don F. Browne.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does a Vietnamese interpreter tell Light Bulb that the Vietnamese had been fighting a war?
(a) Hundreds of years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 15 years.

2. Why is Haywood and his unit going to Chicago to the Democratic convention?
(a) Swat duty.
(b) Riot patrol.
(c) They were to be looking for bombs.
(d) Security.

3. How much schooling did Charles's father have?
(a) High-school education.
(b) Eighth-grade education.
(c) Second-grade education.
(d) Fourth-grade education.

4. Who does Luther save in the water before his tour in Vietnam?
(a) Guys in a boat.
(b) A sailor who falls overboard.
(c) Guys in a helicopter.
(d) Guys in a life raft.

5. 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?
(a) Viet Cong.
(b) Goats.
(c) Villagers.
(d) Monkeys.

Short Answer Questions

1. If Haywood's group is doing combat assault of a village, where would the command post be?

2. What news reporter is in the Amtrac with Malik on August 5, 1965?

3. What does the blast from the weapon that the VC fire at the bunker during the hospital attack do to Luther?

4. What does Charles decide that the war in Vietnam was fought for?

5. About how many villages does Haywood's platoon burn down?

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