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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 does Norman come down when he ejects from his plane on July 20?
(a) Near Son Tay.
(b) Near Hai Phong.
(c) 30 miles northwest of Hanoi.
(d) South of Hanoi.

2. How far did Norman walk to get on a school bus when he was a child?
(a) Three miles.
(b) Three blocks.
(c) Eight miles.
(d) Five miles.

3. Who is the dog handler in Archie's regiment?
(a) Corporal Rome.
(b) Anderson.
(c) Cripes.
(d) Lance Corporal Oliver.

4. When does Joseph retire?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1978.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Archie's scar from the fragments look like when it heals?

2. How many times is Stephen shot down?

3. What is Norman doing at the time Terry interviews him?

4. How old is Norman when his plane is shot down?

5. Where does Norman grow up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Robert Mountain's training like at Fort Benning?

2. Why is William Norman frustrated with the navy?

3. Why doesn't Joseph Anderson allow his men to take the trails and paths?

4. Why does Robert Mountain have to have his leg amputated again, this time below the knee?

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

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

7. What is Norman's job in the Air Force?

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

9. How does Don feel when the North Vietnamese began taking over South Vietnam?

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

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