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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. How old was Haywood in 1960?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

2. 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 500 yards from the village.
(c) In the center of the village.
(d) About 100 yards from the village.

3. Why does Richard go directly to his church that first night he is home?
(a) To thank people for praying for him.
(b) To talk to the youth minister.
(c) To pray.
(d) To talk to the pastor.

4. When did Richard graduate from high school?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1966.

5. 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) Dwight Eisenhower.
(c) Gerald Ford.
(d) Richard Nixon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many siblings does Emmanuel have?

3. Why does Richard go on disability after serving as a federal agent?

4. What time does Luther finally quit shooting when the hospital is attacked?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What three alternatives does Charles have after his third dream?

2. Why does Malik have to spend seven days in the brig?

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

4. What does Charles say is his first contact with a real man?

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

6. What did Richard do when some white guys in a car cut him off and honked the horn?

7. By 1969, what new type of black soldier appeared in Vietnam?

8. What dreams did Charles have?

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

10. What happens to a white guy from D.C. that Haywood meets just after joining Tango Squad?

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