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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Part I Khe Sanh.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another term for shell shock?
(a) veteran's disease
(b) Agoraphobia
(c) acute envronmental reaction
(d) post traumatic stress disorder

2. Why do many soldiers miss details that could have kept them alive?
(a) Fatigue
(b) COs do not tell them
(c) They do not care to live
(d) Loss of Hearing

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

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

5. What is a TAOR?
(a) Training And Ovation Response
(b) Tactical Army of Response
(c) Tactical Base of Responsiblity
(d) Tactics Armory of Reconnaissance

Short Answer Questions

1. Who fires on the soldiers Herr travels with?

2. What does Herr call a company of soldiers returning from battle?

3. What happens to bodies that cannot be positively identified?

4. When did the First Indochina War end?

5. When is Herr in Vietnam?

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