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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is booby trapped with a grenade?
(a) A helmet
(b) A latrine
(c) A tank
(d) A tent door
2. Who set the booby trap on the latrine?
(a) A soldier gone crazy
(b) The reporters
(c) The VC
(d) Vietnamese civilians
3. For how many miles does the front at Dak To stretch?
(a) Thirty
(b) Twenty
(c) Ten
(d) Three
4. From where is the young marine departing?
(a) My Lai
(b) Saigon
(c) Khe Sanh
(d) Hanoi
5. The soldiers feel that the actual death count is closer to how many times the official count?
(a) the official count is correct
(b) ten times
(c) three to four times
(d) two times
6. What does Herr say finally happened to the young marine?
(a) He is killed in an ambush
(b) He does not know if he got out or not
(c) He is hospitalized on suicide watch
(d) He leaves for home on his fourth attempt
7. What is a fatal mistake made by the Marines?
(a) Not having enough food
(b) Not bringing enough ammunition
(c) Not calling for reinforcements
(d) Underestimating the enemy
8. The Marines feel one of them is worth how many regular soldiers?
(a) One
(b) Ten
(c) Two
(d) Five
9. What does one veteran correspondent say is the most useful thing to know in Vietnam?
(a) To know where to get drugs
(b) To get home quickly
(c) To learn how to fire a weapon properly
(d) To hit the floor quickly
10. Where is the enemy most effective?
(a) On the ground
(b) In Saigon
(c) In the air
(d) At China Beach
11. What is a LRRP?
(a) Last Roving Reporting Patrol
(b) Long Range Recruit Party
(c) Long Range Reporting Party
(d) Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol
12. What do most of the soldiers try to avoid in one way or another?
(a) Going back to America
(b) Dreaming
(c) Wearing their dog tags
(d) Getting shot at
13. What do men do to reduce glare?
(a) Wear baseball caps under their helmets
(b) Use umbrellas
(c) Paint their faces
(d) Wear sunglasses
14. The VC conserves what?
(a) Troops
(b) Ammunition
(c) Weapon stores
(d) Food
15. Herr encounters a soldier with a bag full of what?
(a) Dog tags
(b) Dried human ears
(c) Buffalo patties
(d) Marijuana
Short Answer Questions
1. What tribes control the mountains?
2. What does one soldier do when he sees Herr's bloody nose?
3. What is the young marine's laugh like when it does come out?
4. Who does Herr tour a palace with?
5. What was once the most beautiful city in Vietnam?
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