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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 Breathing Out.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who fights with the Montagnards against the NVA?
(a) The Americans
(b) Vietnamese civilians
(c) The French
(d) The South Vietnamese

3. Who fought the Vietnamese in Dien Bien Phu?
(a) The French
(b) The Montagnards
(c) The Japanese
(d) The Chinese

4. What was once the most beautiful city in Vietnam?
(a) Hue
(b) Ho Chi Minh
(c) China Beach
(d) Saigon

5. According to Herr, how do the higher levels of the military behave?
(a) They refuse to communicate with the press
(b) They lie to make things appear better than they are
(c) They tell the truth as painful as it may be
(d) They are congenial but evasive

Short Answer Questions

1. When do NVA troops begin building up around the Khe Sanh base?

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

3. Where does Herr find himself during a downpour?

4. Who do some American soldiers fight for?

5. According to Herr, no parents want their son to return with this.

(see the answer key)

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