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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many boxes of grenades does Luther throw during the hospital attack?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

2. Which was the last branch of the service to integrate?
(a) The Marines.
(b) The Army.
(c) The Air Force.
(d) The Navy.

3. In what year was Wallace Terry asked to fly to Saigon and cover a story on the role of the black soldier in the Vietnam War?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1967.

4. What is the name of Haywood's division?
(a) Cacti Green.
(b) Montagnards.
(c) Blue squad.
(d) Red squad.

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

6. What does Richard do when he joins the police department back home?
(a) Motorcycle officer.
(b) Undercover narcotics agent.
(c) Detective.
(d) SWAT team.

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

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

9. If Haywood's group is doing combat assault of a village, where would the command post be?
(a) About 100 yards from the village.
(b) On the edge of the village.
(c) In the center of the village.
(d) About 500 yards from the village.

10. 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) Villagers.
(b) Monkeys.
(c) Goats.
(d) Viet Cong.

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

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

13. Where were Charles's family from?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Louisiana.
(d) South Carolina.

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

15. What does the blast from the weapon that the VC fire at the bunker during the hospital attack do to Luther?
(a) Blows the fillings out of his teeth.
(b) Blows off two fingers on his right hand.
(c) Blows out his eardrums.
(d) Breaks his hip.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Light Bulb go to college for a semester before enlisting?

2. How many Bronze Stars does Richard receive in Vietnam?

3. When Light Bulb arrives in the area near the Ia Drang Valley, how long had a man been standing on a mine?

4. What medal does Luther get for his part in the hospital attack?

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

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