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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the unemployment rate of black veterans?
(a) 80 percent more than white veterans.
(b) Half the rate of white veterans.
(c) Double the rate of white veterans.
(d) 90 percent more than white veterans.

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

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

4. When does Luther fly into Saigon?
(a) September 1970.
(b) April 1968.
(c) May 1967.
(d) January 1969.

5. What do Malik and his regiment use to burn down huts?
(a) Grenades.
(b) Matches and dry brush.
(c) Zippos.
(d) Torches.

6. What medal does Luther get for his part in the hospital attack?
(a) Meritorious Service Medal.
(b) Distinguished Service Medal.
(c) Bronze Star.
(d) Silver Star.

7. Where does Haywood spend his last six months in the army?
(a) Fort Bliss, Texas.
(b) Fort Benning, Georgia.
(c) Anniston Army Depot, Alabama.
(d) Fort Carson, Colorado.

8. About how many villages does Haywood's platoon burn down?
(a) 50-75 villages.
(b) 45-50.
(c) 35-40.
(d) 75-100.

9. Where did Light Bulb go to college for a semester before enlisting?
(a) Indiana State University.
(b) Southern Illinois University.
(c) Bowling Green State University.
(d) University of Illinois.

10. Where does Haywood go to basic training?
(a) Fort Benning, Georgia.
(b) Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
(c) Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
(d) Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

11. How many months of training in Vietnamese language, customs, and history does Luther have before going to Vietnam?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two months.
(d) Four months.

12. Whose name does Light Bulb look up first when he goes to the Vietnam Memorial?
(a) Michael Shea.
(b) Robert Draper.
(c) James Plummer.
(d) LeRoy Tafoya.

13. What is the name of Richard's church?
(a) Church of the Open Door.
(b) First Baptist Church.
(c) Antioch Pentecostal Church.
(d) Way of the Cross Church.

14. How old is Charles when he goes to Vietnam?
(a) 21,
(b) 20.
(c) 17.
(d) 18.

15. How many times does Studs Armstrong reenlist to stay in Vietnam?
(a) Four times.
(b) Two times.
(c) Three times.
(d) Once.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gillis use to stop an armored personnel carrier during the hospital attack?

2. Why is Haywood and his unit going to Chicago to the Democratic convention?

3. What do the VC fire directly at the bunker where Luther and Gillis are during the hospital attack?

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

5. How many more months did Light Bulb have to serve when he left Vietnam?

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