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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the smaller bases built?
(a) Along the route to My Lai
(b) Along the route to Khe Sanh
(c) Along the route to Hue
(d) Along the route to Saigon

2. What is Page offered?
(a) Money from the government for his wound
(b) A movie deal
(c) A book deal
(d) A position with Time magazine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What do the Marines discover in the hills?
(a) Ammunition and arms supplies
(b) Massacred villagers
(c) The NVA left in a hurry
(d) Entrenched NVA troops

11. Where does the Cav build a sprawling base?
(a) West of Hue
(b) North of Khe Sanh
(c) North of Saigon
(d) South of Hanoi

12. According to Herr, how do the higher levels of the military behave?
(a) They tell the truth as painful as it may be
(b) They are congenial but evasive
(c) They refuse to communicate with the press
(d) They lie to make things appear better than they are

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

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

15. What is the name of the relief operation at Khe Sanh?
(a) Operation Eagle
(b) Operation Winged-Horse
(c) Operation Pegasus
(d) Operation Get Out Now

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the men hear continuous machine gun fire at night?

2. How often do soldiers get to go to China Beach?

3. Why does Seann Flynn not seem to fit in a combat zone?

4. How old is Page on his next birthday?

5. Who is the reporter who earns respect by taking point during patrols?

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