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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Page represent to the Marines?
(a) The real enemy
(b) A true soldier
(c) A drain on their resources
(d) A good friend

3. What question does Prager ask the General?
(a) What he would do if the NVA attack Khe Sanh and supporting bases at once
(b) How to win the war
(c) If they can have steak for dinner
(d) For extra troops at Khe Sanh

4. Where are Day Tripper and Mayhew from respectively?
(a) Detroit and New York City
(b) Chicago and Detroit
(c) Kansas City and Atlanta
(d) Detroit and Kansas City

5. Who is the press secretary for Khe Sanh?
(a) Seann Flynn Page
(b) Herr
(c) Dana Stone
(d) Colonel David Lownds

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

7. Herr calls war correspondents what?
(a) Pretend Soldiers
(b) Those Crazy Guys who Cover the War
(c) Idiots
(d) War Heroes

8. Where is Day Tripper and Mayhew's bunker located?
(a) The stay in a Temple
(b) Near the perimeter
(c) In the back of the base
(d) Between Khe Sanh and Langvei

9. What did the NVA leave behind?
(a) Complete encampments
(b) Guns and ammunition
(c) Abandoned packs and equipment
(d) Food supplies

10. What is the weapon that kills Mayhew?
(a) Land mine
(b) RPG (rocket-propelled grenade)
(c) AK-47
(d) M-16

11. How many meters separate the bunkers and the NVA trenches?
(a) Three hundred
(b) Five hundred
(c) Twenty
(d) One hundred

12. What is the unspoken fear Herr does not mention?
(a) That he will not get out of Khe Sanh alive
(b) That the NVA will overrun Khe Sanh like Langvei
(c) That Americans will run out of ammunition
(d) That the NVA have more unknown weapons

13. What two things mark his visits with friends?
(a) Marijuana use and Strange Dreams
(b) Longing and emptiness
(c) Memories and Drugs
(d) Drugs and alcohol

14. What is an RPG?
(a) A Rolling Pocket Grenande
(b) A Rocket Placed Grenade
(c) A Rocket Propelled Grenade
(d) A Reinforcement Platoon Grange

15. How does Herr find the conditions now in Khe Sanh?
(a) No change
(b) About the same
(c) Greatly improved
(d) Devastated

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mayhew announce that upsets Day Tripper?

2. The Special Forces man who kills one enemy and frees one prisoner is rewarded for killing how many and rescuing how many?

3. What is the loud hammering Herr hears inside the Chinook helicopter?

4. What do the Marines find in the hills once occupied by the NVA?

5. According to Herr, how do the higher levels of the military behave?

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