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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news of Day Tripper does Herr receive at China Beach?
(a) He is also in China Beach
(b) He has been sent home
(c) He has been stationed in Saigon
(d) He is dead

2. Who does Herr dread becoming like?
(a) The zombie soldiers
(b) Page and Flynn
(c) The Montagnards
(d) Aging journalists

3. What rock and roll artist does one soldier play during a firefight?
(a) Jimi Hendrix
(b) Elvis Presley
(c) Buddy Holly
(d) The Beatles

4. Herr learns that Mayhew died by _____________________________.
(a) an ambush
(b) a self-inflicted gunshot wound
(c) a heart attack
(d) being hit directly in the chest

5. Who do Prager and Herr meet with?
(a) They attend a press junket
(b) General Tompkins
(c) President Johnson
(d) The leader of the NVA

6. Why does Seann Flynn not seem to fit in a combat zone?
(a) Because he is young
(b) Because Seann is a female
(c) Because he is good looking
(d) Because he is very small

7. With which general do Herr and Prager meet?
(a) General Tompkins
(b) General Thompson
(c) General North
(d) General Eisenhower

8. The Special Forces man who kills one enemy and frees one prisoner is rewarded for killing how many and rescuing how many?
(a) Killing 14 and rescuing 6
(b) Killing 1 and rescuing 5
(c) Killing 1 and rescuing 1
(d) Killing 2 and rescuing 1

9. What is China Beach?
(a) A place where correspondents give press junkets
(b) Another military base
(c) A place for in-country R&R
(d) The head of military operations

10. What is the name of the 26th Marines company?
(a) Motel Company
(b) Charlie Company
(c) Inn Good Company
(d) Hotel Company

11. How often do soldiers get to go to China Beach?
(a) Every month
(b) Only if their CO recommends them
(c) At least once during a 13-month tour
(d) Every two weeks

12. Herr begins the chapter with a scene from what war?
(a) The Civil War
(b) World War II
(c) World War I
(d) The Korean War

13. What does Herr believe about the press secretary at Khe Sanh?
(a) That he is really a good soldier
(b) That he is no good at his job
(c) That he likes to tell lies
(d) That he is scared of the war

14. What do the NVA have that no one expected them to have?
(a) Helicopters
(b) French Rocket Launchers
(c) American weapons
(d) Soviet tanks

15. What is the nickname Dink short for?
(a) Dinky doo
(b) Rinky-Dink
(c) Dink-a- Dinks
(d) Rinky-Dinky-Doos

Short Answer Questions

1. Which correspondent suffers a severe accident?

2. What does JUSPAO stand for?

3. What does the photographer witness soldiers doing with VC bodies?

4. When does Operation Pegasus begin?

5. What does Davies' in-country wife do for a living?

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