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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Charles get out of the field in Vietnam?
(a) By enlisting for three more years.
(b) By requesting a transfer.
(c) By getting injured.
(d) By enlisting for four more years.

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

5. How old is Luther at the time of the hospital attack?
(a) 25.
(b) 19.
(c) 22.
(d) 18.

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

7. Out of fifty villages burned by Haywood's platoon, how many have VC suspects?
(a) 30.
(b) About 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 4.

8. When Haywood is moving in the night during a monsoon, how far does he fall when he falls into a well?
(a) Two feet.
(b) Ten feet.
(c) Six feet.
(d) Eight feet.

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

10. When does Charles leave the military?
(a) August 1973.
(b) April 1971.
(c) December 1972.
(d) March 1970.

11. How old was Malik when he joined the Marines?
(a) 20.
(b) 17.
(c) 18.
(d) 19.

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

13. How much money did Charles need to be able to take a class at the junior college?
(a) $95.
(b) $27.
(c) $68.
(d) $57.

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

15. What does the blast from the weapon that the VC fire at the bunker during the hospital attack do to Gillis?
(a) Breaks his jaw.
(b) Blows out his eardrums.
(c) Blows his leg off below the knee.
(d) Breaks his arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Louis dies, how much time did he have before he would have gone home?

2. How many times does Luther have to watch an interrogation to make sure the prisoners are treated properly?

3. How old is Charles when he goes to Vietnam?

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

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?

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