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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When is Luther's hospital attacked?
(a) August 27, 1967.
(b) April 27, 1970.
(c) May 14, 1968.
(d) January 15, 1969.

4. Where is Light Bulb's home town?
(a) East St. Louis, Illinois.
(b) Phoenix, Louisiana.
(c) Chicago, Illinois.
(d) Topeka, Kansas.

5. When Louis dies, how much time did he have before he would have gone home?
(a) Ten days.
(b) Two months.
(c) A week.
(d) One month.

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

7. How old is Haywood when he is told his unit is going to Chicago to the Democratic convention?
(a) 19.
(b) 18.
(c) 21.
(d) 20.

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

9. During what time of day is Luther's hospital in attacked?
(a) 6:00 a.m.
(b) 3:00 a.m.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 2:00 a.m.

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

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

12. What network is covering Malik and his regiment on August 5, 1965?
(a) CNN.
(b) CBS.
(c) NBC.
(d) ABC.

13. Who was president when Wallace Terry was asked to cover a story on the role of the black soldier in the Vietnam War?
(a) Lyndon Johnson.
(b) Gerald Ford.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Dwight Eisenhower.

14. When Haywood is sleeping in a rice paddy in the lowlands during monsoon season, how high does the water get?
(a) Up to his neck.
(b) Up to his ankles.
(c) Up to his chest.
(d) Up to his waist.

15. 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) 2 hours.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) An hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are killed when Brooks fires a grenade launcher?

2. When does Charles leave the military?

3. In the early years of the Vietnam War, what percent of fatalities were blacks?

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

5. Whose name does Light Bulb look up first when he goes to the Vietnam Memorial?

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