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

2. The NVA hold what building in Hue?
(a) The US Embassy
(b) The Temple
(c) The Citadel
(d) The national university

3. What does Herr call a company of soldiers returning from battle?
(a) Vietnams heroes
(b) Far from heroic
(c) A colony of stroke victims
(d) Baby killers

4. What is a Seabee?
(a) A Navy Seal
(b) A construction battalion
(c) A Green Beret trained in aquatics
(d) The coast guard

5. How does Herr find the conditions now in Khe Sanh?
(a) Greatly improved
(b) Devastated
(c) No change
(d) About the same

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the trick to survival?

2. What is booby trapped with a grenade?

3. What are the four geographical areas of Vietnam?

4. What happens to South Vietnamese at Hue?

5. What do most of the soldiers try to avoid in one way or another?

(see the answer key)

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