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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What time does Luther finally quit shooting when the hospital is attacked?
(a) 5:30 a.m.
(b) 6:30 a.m.
(c) 7:30 a.m.
(d) 4:30 a.m.

3. After Richard takes down the drug ring, where do he and his wife get to travel?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Greece.
(d) England.

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

5. Where does Luther live when he is at the hospital in Vietnam?
(a) In a bunker he built outside.
(b) In a hut.
(c) In a room in the hospital.
(d) In the barracks.

6. Who are killed when Brooks fires a grenade launcher?
(a) Elderly people.
(b) Children.
(c) Some old women.
(d) Some Vietcong.

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

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

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

10. What does Charles decide that the war in Vietnam was fought for?
(a) To stop Communism.
(b) To stop the Chinese.
(c) Money.
(d) To save the Vietnamese.

11. What nationality are many of the shop owners in the area around the hospital where Luther works?
(a) Thai.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Vietnamese.
(d) Korean.

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

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

14. What is Haywood's favorite game in high school?
(a) Football.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Pool.

15. Where does Richard go for therapy?
(a) Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center.
(b) General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital.
(c) Walter Reed Hospital.
(d) Womack Army Medical Center.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the attack on the hospital, What does Luther fire at the VC when he is on top of the bunker?

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

3. What job does Haywood chose when he goes home?

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

5. When is the last time Emmanuel hears from his Vietnamese wife?

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