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

2. What news of Day Tripper does Herr receive at China Beach?
(a) He has been stationed in Saigon
(b) He is dead
(c) He is also in China Beach
(d) He has been sent home

3. What does Davies' in-country wife do for a living?
(a) She sells vegetables
(b) She cleans latrines
(c) She is a prostitute
(d) She works in the EM Club

4. When is Herr in Vietnam?
(a) 1967 - 1968
(b) 1965 -1967
(c) 1963 -1965
(d) 1967 - 1969

5. The soldiers feel that the actual death count is closer to how many times the official count?
(a) three to four times
(b) ten times
(c) two times
(d) the official count is correct

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Herr dread becoming like?

2. In what city is Herr's apartment?

3. President Johnson's comment about Khe Sanh is considered what?

4. What does Mayhew announce that upsets Day Tripper?

5. What dissolves among American soldiers after Ia Drang?

(see the answer key)

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