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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 Illumination Rounds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the men hear continuous machine gun fire at night?
(a) An NVA is stuck on the wire around the base
(b) A water buffalo ran into the gun and knocked it down
(c) They are suffering dreams from smoking marijuana
(d) An American soldier went crazy and is spraying the base

2. What does the photographer witness soldiers doing with VC bodies?
(a) Dropping them out of a helicopter
(b) Burying them in a mass grave
(c) Lighting them on fire
(d) Hanging them from trees

3. What is a Seabee?
(a) A construction battalion
(b) A Navy Seal
(c) A Green Beret trained in aquatics
(d) The coast guard

4. Where are Day Tripper and Mayhew from respectively?
(a) Detroit and Kansas City
(b) Detroit and New York City
(c) Kansas City and Atlanta
(d) Chicago and Detroit

5. Who are the two men Herr meets in Khe Sanh?
(a) Day Tripper and Mayhew
(b) Page and Flynn
(c) Mayhew and Page
(d) Dana Stone and Day Tripper

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Davies' in-country wife do for a living?

2. What battle occurs at the same time as the siege at Khe Sanh?

3. What does Mayhew announce that upsets Day Tripper?

4. Where is Day Tripper and Mayhew's bunker located?

5. Who says he is now emperor?

(see the answer key)

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