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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 is Joseph's rank when he goes to Vietnam?
(a) Second Lieutenant.
(b) Sergeant.
(c) Captain.
(d) Lieutenant commander.

2. How old was Edgar when his father died?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Eight.

3. How high is the plane Norman is in when it is hit by a surface-to-air missile?
(a) 20,000 feet.
(b) 30,000 feet.
(c) 15,000 feet.
(d) 10,000 feet.

4. Where does Norman go to college?
(a) University of North Carolina.
(b) Furman.
(c) University of South Carolina.
(d) North Carolina A & T State University.

5. Where does Stephen say that Puff the Magic Dragon is damaged and four Cobras are lost?
(a) Sampan Valley.
(b) Bien Hoa.
(c) Pleiku.
(d) Tonkin Gulf.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Robert Mountain's mother's job?

3. How many Vietnamese were dumped out of choppers by Arthur's team?

4. How many Bronze Stars does Arthur receive?

5. What does Robert Mountain say he was trained to do at Fort Benning?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. How are explosives brought in to blow up the ammo dump at Long Binh?

5. Why is William Norman frustrated with the navy?

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

7. Why does Arthur Woodley kill another GI in February 1969?

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

9. How poor is Edgar when he joins the marines?

10. What do the FBI want Robert Holcomb to do for them?

(see the answer keys)

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