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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 two emotions does Herr feel looking at pictures of dead people?
(a) Shock and fascination
(b) Shock and Repulsion
(c) Fascination and Horror
(d) Repulsion and fascination

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

3. The dreams of the soldiers become what?
(a) Torturous
(b) Physical battles
(c) Calming
(d) Psychadelic

4. Who set the booby trap on the latrine?
(a) A soldier gone crazy
(b) Vietnamese civilians
(c) The reporters
(d) The VC

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Herr get a bloody nose?

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

3. For how many miles does the front at Dak To stretch?

4. Where does Herr find himself during a downpour?

5. Many soldiers carry what to keep them safe?

(see the answer key)

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