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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Part III Breathing In.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Saigon look beautiful?
(a) In the bars
(b) In the gardens
(c) In the streets
(d) From the air

2. What does one soldier do when he sees Herr's bloody nose?
(a) Laughs
(b) Takes his gun away
(c) Gives him a medal
(d) Rushes him to Medevac

3. How do soldiers ensure the enemy is dead?
(a) Dragging them from jeeps
(b) Running them over with tanks
(c) By dropping them from helicopters
(d) By shooting them an extra time

4. What do most of the soldiers try to avoid in one way or another?
(a) Wearing their dog tags
(b) Going back to America
(c) Dreaming
(d) Getting shot at

5. When did the First Indochina War end?
(a) 1975
(b) 1945
(c) 1954
(d) 1970

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Herr wear on his first day in Vietnam?

2. What two kinds of drugs do the soldiers turn to?

3. Where are the Americans best at fighting?

4. Where do the American soldiers get marijuana?

5. What two correspondents spend about a month with Herr?

(see the answer key)

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