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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The dreams of the soldiers become what?
(a) Torturous
(b) Calming
(c) Psychadelic
(d) Physical battles
2. What is booby trapped with a grenade?
(a) A latrine
(b) A tent door
(c) A helmet
(d) A tank
3. Where is the enemy most effective?
(a) At China Beach
(b) On the ground
(c) In Saigon
(d) In the air
4. What type of people are the Montagnards?
(a) Reclusive and primitive
(b) City dwellers
(c) South Vietnamese guerillas
(d) NVA outcasts
5. What does NVA stand for?
(a) Northern Vietnam Airways
(b) Northern Veterans Association
(c) Nanking Vinh Army
(d) North Vietnamese Army
6. Why does the young marine not show any mirth in his smile?
(a) He murdered a Vietnamese woman
(b) He was blinded by a grenade
(c) He saw half his company killed
(d) He was a POW
7. Why do military officials say Khe Sanh is different from Dien Bien Phu?
(a) The base sits on high ground
(b) There are more American troops than NVA
(c) The NVA will give up quickly
(d) The Americans are better prepared than the French
8. When does the Dak To battle take place?
(a) April 1971
(b) December 1954
(c) March 1967
(d) November 1967
9. When did the First Indochina War end?
(a) 1945
(b) 1970
(c) 1975
(d) 1954
10. The brass declare what after the Tet Offensive?
(a) Victory
(b) Defeat
(c) Retreat
(d) They are pulling out of the war
11. What two correspondents spend about a month with Herr?
(a) Page and Herman
(b) Flynn and Seann
(c) Flynn and Carter
(d) Page and Seann Flynn
12. There are eight thousand American troops facing how many NVA troops?
(a) Four Thosand
(b) Ten Thousand
(c) Twenty Thousand
(d) Forty Thousand
13. Where does Herr place Khe Sanh?
(a) In I Corps
(b) On top of the piedmont
(c) Just outside the DMZ
(d) In the delta
14. Who fires on the soldiers Herr travels with?
(a) A US boat
(b) Vietnamese citizens
(c) The NVA
(d) Japanese
15. What does one soldier do when he sees Herr's bloody nose?
(a) Gives him a medal
(b) Laughs
(c) Rushes him to Medevac
(d) Takes his gun away
Short Answer Questions
1. Some soldiers feel they must stop the war or Communism will go where?
2. What are the names the military gives to the geographical areas of Vietnam?
3. What happens to bodies that cannot be positively identified?
4. When is the Khe Sanh Combat Base started?
5. What is the trick to survival?
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