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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 long is Norman a prisoner of war?
(a) Four years.
(b) Over six years.
(c) Nearly five years.
(d) About nine years.

2. How many Vietnamese do Don's team find in the embassy when it is attacked?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Six.
(c) Ten.
(d) Two.

3. What is Robert Mountain's mother's job?
(a) Guidance counselor.
(b) Human resources manager.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Paralegal.

4. How long is Robert Mountain in the hospital while his stump heals?
(a) Six months.
(b) Four months.
(c) Three months.
(d) About a year.

5. When does Robert Holcomb arrive in Vietnam?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1967.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Arthur get out of the military?

2. Where does Arthur grow up?

3. How many days does Arthur have left in country when he leaves the field?

4. When Joseph and his men find the lost platoon, how many do they find who are badly injured?

5. How many programs does Norman help to institute to make the Navy a better branch of service for the blacks?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the two soldiers that are killed under Archie's command?

2. Who does Stephen look for to follow when fighting is heavy?

3. How is Robert Daniels injured?

4. Why does Robert Holcomb go back to Vietnam in 1982?

5. What happens to the platoon that Joseph and his men have to find that is dropped into a landing zone called LZ Pink in the Central Highlands?

6. What does Archie say that southerners would feel when they learn there was a black officer in charge of them?

7. How is Norman able to attend college and become an office in the Air Force?

8. What bothers Robert Daniels about the way the Vietnamese seem to thrive in the United States?

9. What hurts Archie when he returns to the United States?

10. Why do the Vietnamese call Arthur "Montagnard"?

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