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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What village are Malik and his regiment going to level?
(a) Bao Loc.
(b) Cam Ne.
(c) Hong Gai.
(d) Thanh Hoa.

2. What street is Richard, his mother, and his wife driving on when white guys cut in front of them and blow the horn?
(a) Michigan Street.
(b) Indiana Boulevard.
(c) Chicago Avenue.
(d) Illinois Avenue.

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

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

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

6. How old was Light Bulb when he enlisted?
(a) 17.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 19.

7. How old was the youngest American soldier who died in combat in Vietnam?
(a) 19.
(b) 17.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

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

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

10. How many times is Emmanuel ambushed when he is making his rounds?
(a) Once.
(b) Four times.
(c) Twice.
(d) Three times.

11. How many men is Luther told that he shot and killed?
(a) 38.
(b) 15.
(c) 27.
(d) 47.

12. How many men's stories does Wallace Terry tell in the book?
(a) 10.
(b) 25.
(c) 20.
(d) 15.

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

14. What does Gillis use to stop an armored personnel carrier during the hospital attack?
(a) Machine gun.
(b) BAR.
(c) Antitank rounds.
(d) Torpedo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many villages does Haywood's platoon burn down?

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

3. What does Richard do when he joins the police department back home?

4. What does the blast from the weapon that the VC fire at the bunker during the hospital attack do to Luther?

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

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