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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. Where were Charles's family from?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Louisiana.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Mississippi.

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

3. Where does Light Bulb do his basic training?
(a) Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
(b) Fort Knox, Kentucky.
(c) Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
(d) Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

4. Which was the last branch of the service to integrate?
(a) The Marines.
(b) The Air Force.
(c) The Army.
(d) The Navy.

5. Who does Luther save in the water before his tour in Vietnam?
(a) Guys in a life raft.
(b) Guys in a boat.
(c) Guys in a helicopter.
(d) A sailor who falls overboard.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What village are Malik and his regiment going to level?

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

5. Where does Haywood spend his last six months in the army?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Malik go into the service?

4. What is Haywood's most fearful moment?

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

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

7. What does Luther think he hears one evening outside his bunker at the hospital?

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

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

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

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