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

2. What do the soldiers trade for the marijuana?
(a) Ammunition
(b) Food rations
(c) Cigarettes
(d) Weapons

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

4. What does Herr call a company of soldiers returning from battle?
(a) Baby killers
(b) A colony of stroke victims
(c) Vietnams heroes
(d) Far from heroic

5. Where does Herr find himself during a downpour?
(a) A hotel in Saigon
(b) An airfield in Kontum
(c) China Beach
(d) A bunker in the jungle

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city is Herr's apartment?

2. The VC conserves what?

3. What do men do to reduce glare?

4. Why do many soldiers miss details that could have kept them alive?

5. When does the Tet Offensive begin?

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