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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Postscript: China Beach—Khe Sanh.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Herr say finally happened to the young marine?
(a) He leaves for home on his fourth attempt
(b) He is killed in an ambush
(c) He does not know if he got out or not
(d) He is hospitalized on suicide watch

3. What are the two realities of the war?
(a) Death and battle
(b) That the VC keep coming and death
(c) drugs and death
(d) What the Marines experience and what the officials report

4. What do the Marines discover in the hills?
(a) Entrenched NVA troops
(b) Massacred villagers
(c) Ammunition and arms supplies
(d) The NVA left in a hurry

5. What battle occurs at the same time as the siege at Khe Sanh?
(a) Langvei
(b) Saigon
(c) Hue
(d) Danang

Short Answer Questions

1. There are eight thousand American troops facing how many NVA troops?

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

3. What does one veteran correspondent say is the most useful thing to know in Vietnam?

4. Who do Prager and Herr meet with?

5. Herr compares being in battle to what?

(see the answer key)

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