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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Dien Bien Phu occur?
(a) 1962
(b) 1965
(c) 1967
(d) 1954

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

4. What is the trick to survival?
(a) Keep your head low
(b) Always keep moving
(c) Stay put
(d) Listen to your commander

5. What jungle disease takes down many strong men?
(a) West Nile
(b) Pneumonia
(c) Malaria
(d) Anthrax

6. Which president declares that Khe Sanh cannot fall to the NVA?
(a) JFK
(b) Adams
(c) Nixon
(d) Lyndon Johnson

7. What are the four geographical areas of Vietnam?
(a) delta, rivers, mountains, plains
(b) delta, flats, piedmont, highlands
(c) north, south, east, west
(d) plains, piedmont, mountains, lowlands

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

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

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

11. 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

12. Many soldiers carry what to keep them safe?
(a) An extra grenade
(b) A handgun
(c) Good luck charms
(d) A knife in their boot

13. What tribes control the mountains?
(a) The NVA
(b) Groups of American refuge soldiers
(c) The Montagnard
(d) The Chinese

14. Where are the Americans best at fighting?
(a) On land
(b) In the ground cover
(c) In the Air
(d) In Saigon

15. What happens to bodies that cannot be positively identified?
(a) They are listed as VC
(b) They are hung from trees
(c) They are not counted
(d) They are listed as American

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the Khe Sanh Combat Base started?

2. When does Herr finally take up a weapon?

3. Where is Herr working as a war correspondent?

4. Herr encounters a soldier with a bag full of what?

5. Reporters compare the Khe Sanh base to what other military conflict?

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