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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the chapter's title come from?
(a) A popular song
(b) A propaganda slogan
(c) The nickname for the Tet Offensive
(d) A saying soldiers paint on their helmets

2. Where does Saigon look beautiful?
(a) From the air
(b) In the streets
(c) In the gardens
(d) In the bars

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

4. There are eight thousand American troops facing how many NVA troops?
(a) Forty Thousand
(b) Four Thosand
(c) Ten Thousand
(d) Twenty Thousand

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

6. According to Herr, no parents want their son to return with this.
(a) Shell shock
(b) Gonorrhea
(c) Depression
(d) Malaria

7. What does Herr wear on his first day in Vietnam?
(a) Jeans, a tie-dye t-shirt and flip flops
(b) Shorts and a Hawaiin shirt
(c) Combat boots, shorts and a flack jacket
(d) New fatigues

8. Herr compares being in battle to what?
(a) Running with the bulls
(b) Riding a roller coaster
(c) Driving a racecar
(d) The Alamo

9. Why does the young marine not show any mirth in his smile?
(a) He was a POW
(b) He murdered a Vietnamese woman
(c) He saw half his company killed
(d) He was blinded by a grenade

10. When do NVA troops begin building up around the Khe Sanh base?
(a) 1962
(b) 1967
(c) 1966
(d) 1965

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

12. When does the Tet Offensive begin?
(a) January 31, 1969
(b) January 30,1968
(c) July 4, 1965
(d) July 31, 1967

13. Who is Seann Flynn's famous father?
(a) Errol Flynn
(b) The Flying Flynn
(c) Flynn Page
(d) Steven Flynn

14. What do most of the soldiers try to avoid in one way or another?
(a) Going back to America
(b) Wearing their dog tags
(c) Dreaming
(d) Getting shot at

15. What happens to South Vietnamese at Hue?
(a) They are recruited by the Americans
(b) They are executed by NVA
(c) They are given reprive to go home
(d) They are taken to POW camps

Short Answer Questions

1. What is another term for shell shock?

2. Where is Herr working as a war correspondent?

3. What is the name of the river by Hue?

4. The NVA hold what building in Hue?

5. How does Herr get a bloody nose?

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