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

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

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

4. Why does Richard go on disability after serving as a federal agent?
(a) He was shot in the shoulder.
(b) He was shot in the leg.
(c) He was shot in the chest.
(d) He was shot in the head.

5. What do Malik and his regiment use to burn down huts?
(a) Torches.
(b) Zippos.
(c) Grenades.
(d) Matches and dry brush.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Luther at the time of the hospital attack?

2. When does Luther fly into Saigon?

3. How long does a Vietnamese interpreter tell Light Bulb that the Vietnamese had been fighting a war?

4. How many boxes of grenades does Luther throw during the hospital attack?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. During the attack on the hospital, what does Luther pray when he is under fire?

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. How does Light Bulb lose a stripe and get a fine?

5. Describe the robbery that Haywood plans and executes.

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

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

8. What is Haywood's most fearful moment?

9. What is the standard operating procedure when Haywood's division would go into a village?

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

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