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

2. What does Herr say is the reason he came to Vietnam?
(a) To do his duty to his country
(b) To further his career
(c) To meet Seann Flynn
(d) To visit a foreign country

3. The Marines feel one of them is worth how many regular soldiers?
(a) One
(b) Five
(c) Two
(d) Ten

4. What does Herr say plays behind the young marine's eyes?
(a) The children playing near land mines
(b) The endless marches through jungles
(c) The horror of seeing his buddies killed
(d) The My Lai massacre

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do some American soldiers fight for?

2. The VC conserves what?

3. When did the First Indochina War end?

4. What is a LRRP?

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

(see the answer key)

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