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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) Machine gun.
(b) BAR.
(c) Antitank rounds.
(d) Torpedo.

2. When does Charles leave the military?
(a) December 1972.
(b) August 1973.
(c) April 1971.
(d) March 1970.

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

4. Why is Haywood and his unit going to Chicago to the Democratic convention?
(a) Security.
(b) Riot patrol.
(c) Swat duty.
(d) They were to be looking for bombs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the last time Emmanuel hears from his Vietnamese wife?

2. In the early years of the Vietnam War, what percent of fatalities were blacks?

3. About how many villages does Haywood's platoon burn down?

4. How many siblings does Emmanuel have?

5. How old was Light Bulb when he enlisted?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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