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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the American soldiers get marijuana?
(a) In the mountains
(b) At the PX
(c) From Vietnamese soldiers
(d) From their COs

2. When does Herr finally take up a weapon?
(a) When a VC threatens him
(b) During the Tet Offensive
(c) When another soldier makes him use a gun
(d) When he is dared to shoot a water buffalo

3. What jungle disease takes down many strong men?
(a) West Nile
(b) Malaria
(c) Pneumonia
(d) Anthrax

4. What does Herr wear on his first day in Vietnam?
(a) New fatigues
(b) Shorts and a Hawaiin shirt
(c) Combat boots, shorts and a flack jacket
(d) Jeans, a tie-dye t-shirt and flip flops

5. What does NVA stand for?
(a) North Vietnamese Army
(b) Nanking Vinh Army
(c) Northern Vietnam Airways
(d) Northern Veterans Association

Short Answer Questions

1. Some soldiers feel they must stop the war or Communism will go where?

2. What is the most popular strategy for ending the war according to the soldiers?

3. How do soldiers ensure the enemy is dead?

4. What are the streets of Saigon full of?

5. When did the First Indochina War end?

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