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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many more months did Light Bulb have to serve when he left Vietnam?
(a) Two months.
(b) Three months.
(c) Six months.
(d) One month.

4. 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) Viet Cong.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Goats.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Richard go directly to his church that first night he is home?

2. When Haywood is moving in the night during a monsoon, how far does he fall when he falls into a well?

3. How many times is Emmanuel ambushed when he is making his rounds?

4. When Haywood is sleeping in a rice paddy in the lowlands during monsoon season, how high does the water get?

5. What is the name of Richard's church?

Short Essay Questions

1. What types of things would Luther order for the Vietnamese?

2. What does Haywood remember about night movement in a monsoon?

3. How does Light Bulb get a man off a mine that he had stepped on?

4. Why isn't Light Bulb's father pleased when he enlists?

5. Why is Richard supposed to have a job in the rear?

6. What happens in 1975 when Luther is in a room at the Naval Regional Medical Center in Norfolk?

7. What special training did Luther have before he was sent to work in a hospital in Vietnam?

8. Why did some guys call Emmanuel a VC sympathizer?

9. What did Haywood see in a vision when he was twelve?

10. Why don't officers want to be saluted at the front?

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