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

2. In the early years of the Vietnam War, what percent of fatalities were blacks?
(a) 11 percent.
(b) 23 percent.
(c) 33 percent.
(d) 45 percent.

3. What is Haywood's favorite game in high school?
(a) Pool.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Football.

4. What type of torpedoes do the VC put down to blow the fence at the hospital where Luther works?
(a) Stingray Torpedo.
(b) Mark 14 torpedo.
(c) Kaiten torpedo.
(d) Bangalore torpedo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What reimbursement does Emmanuel give for a house?

2. During what time of day is Luther's hospital in attacked?

3. What job does Haywood chose when he goes home?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Luther get a Bronze Star for his part in the hospital attack?

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

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

4. How do forty men in Bravo Company get killed by friendly fire?

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

6. Why did Mr. Ku Klux Klan change his mind about blacks?

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

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

9. What is Haywood's most fearful moment?

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

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