Dispatches Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Dispatches Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the troops find in the city of Hue?
(a) A large company of NVA troops
(b) A deserted city
(c) Fresh replacement troops from America
(d) Thousands of dead bodies

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

4. What is the official death toll for Ia Drang listed at?
(a) 500
(b) 3000
(c) 300
(d) 400

5. Where do the American soldiers get marijuana?
(a) In the mountains
(b) From their COs
(c) From Vietnamese soldiers
(d) At the PX

6. Who does Herr tour a palace with?
(a) Major Trong
(b) Major Wong
(c) Major Tonga
(d) Captain Trong

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

8. The VC conserves what?
(a) Weapon stores
(b) Troops
(c) Food
(d) Ammunition

9. What is a TAOR?
(a) Training And Ovation Response
(b) Tactical Base of Responsiblity
(c) Tactical Army of Response
(d) Tactics Armory of Reconnaissance

10. What two correspondents spend about a month with Herr?
(a) Flynn and Seann
(b) Page and Herman
(c) Flynn and Carter
(d) Page and Seann Flynn

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

12. From where is the young marine departing?
(a) Saigon
(b) Khe Sanh
(c) Hanoi
(d) My Lai

13. What was once the most beautiful city in Vietnam?
(a) China Beach
(b) Hue
(c) Saigon
(d) Ho Chi Minh

14. What is booby trapped with a grenade?
(a) A latrine
(b) A tent door
(c) A tank
(d) A helmet

15. What dissolves among American soldiers after Ia Drang?
(a) arrogance
(b) morale
(c) frustration
(d) confidence

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take for Herr to hear all the variations of war stories?

2. The Marines feel one of them is worth how many regular soldiers?

3. How many times does the young marine miss his transport?

4. What does NVA stand for?

5. When is the Khe Sanh Combat Base started?

(see the answer keys)

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