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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do the Marines finally leave Khe Sanh?
(a) The Marines establish a permanent base at Khe Sanh
(b) They spend the rest of the war at Khe Sanh
(c) In the spring
(d) They are under siege and cannot leave

2. What is the General's response?
(a) He wants the NVA to attack Khe Sanh
(b) He doubts the NVA can make such a manuver
(c) He is pulling American troops out of Khe Sanh
(d) He is calling in more troops

3. What does the NCO's friend do to their school teacher?
(a) Asks her on a date
(b) Grabs her bottom
(c) Makes her cry
(d) Licks her face

4. Where is Mayhew's friend recovering before returning to Khe Sanh?
(a) Saigon
(b) China Beach
(c) Danang
(d) Hue

5. Which correspondent suffers a severe accident?
(a) Smitty
(b) Flynn
(c) Herr
(d) Page

6. 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

7. What is the loud hammering Herr hears inside the Chinook helicopter?
(a) The propellors falling off
(b) The gunfire issuing from the helicopter
(c) Bullets hitting the underside of the helicopter
(d) The sound of bombs exploding in the air around the helicopter

8. What battle occurs at the same time as the siege at Khe Sanh?
(a) Hue
(b) Danang
(c) Saigon
(d) Langvei

9. What event occurs at the same time as the Khe Sanh battle?
(a) Herr's birthday
(b) The Beatles visit Saigon
(c) Page dies in battle
(d) The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

10. How old is Page on his next birthday?
(a) 30
(b) 20
(c) 25
(d) 21

11. Who are the two men Herr meets in Khe Sanh?
(a) Page and Flynn
(b) Dana Stone and Day Tripper
(c) Mayhew and Page
(d) Day Tripper and Mayhew

12. What does one correspondent ride through the middle of a battle?
(a) An open top jeep
(b) A water buffalo
(c) A bicycle
(d) A tank

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

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

15. How many writers does Herr estimate are in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive?
(a) 6-7
(b) 60-70
(c) 600-700
(d) 100-200

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname Dink short for?

2. What is the name of the 26th Marines company?

3. What is Page offered?

4. What does JUSPAO stand for?

5. How do many of the correspondents act during the war?

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