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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who recognizes Herr at China Beach?
(a) Robert McNamara
(b) Two Marines from the 26th Company
(c) General Tompkins
(d) Dan Rather from CBS

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Herr suffer his first month back in America?
(a) Danang Fever
(b) Pneumonia
(c) Strange dreams
(d) Malaria

9. What sights upset Day Tripper?
(a) Mayhew losing a leg
(b) Piles of dead Vietnamese
(c) The NVA soldiers hanging on the wire fence
(d) Wounded

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

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

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

13. 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

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

15. What does Herr talk about with a black Marine?
(a) The drug culture among marines
(b) The end of the war
(c) The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) The accuracy of press coverage

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Page on his next birthday?

2. What is the nickname Dink short for?

3. Where does the Cav build a sprawling base?

4. What two things mark his visits with friends?

5. What does Page represent to the Marines?

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