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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. No soldier would want to return home with this.
(a) Malaria
(b) Lost limbs
(c) Shell shock
(d) Depression

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

3. What type of people are the Montagnards?
(a) South Vietnamese guerillas
(b) Reclusive and primitive
(c) NVA outcasts
(d) City dwellers

4. How many times does the young marine miss his transport?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 1

5. Why does the young marine not show any mirth in his smile?
(a) He saw half his company killed
(b) He was a POW
(c) He was blinded by a grenade
(d) He murdered a Vietnamese woman

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Herr get a bloody nose?

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

3. When does the Tet Offensive begin?

4. What does NVA stand for?

5. Which president declares that Khe Sanh cannot fall to the NVA?

(see the answer key)

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