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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although Herr keeps in contact with his friends and colleagues when he returns to the States, he feels what?
(a) Happy
(b) Depressed
(c) Psychotic
(d) Incomplete

2. Who is the reporter who earns respect by taking point during patrols?
(a) Dana Stone
(b) Flynn
(c) Herr
(d) Page

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

4. When does Operation Pegasus begin?
(a) January 1
(b) March 31
(c) August 1
(d) April 1

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

6. With which newspaper is Peter Braestrup associated?
(a) Washington Post
(b) Philadelphia Enquirer
(c) Boston Globe
(d) New York Times

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

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

9. Who is the correspondent Herr travels with across the DMZ?
(a) Karsten Prager
(b) Steven Miles
(c) Seann Flynn
(d) Dana Stone

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

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

12. What does Mayhew announce that upsets Day Tripper?
(a) He has extended his stay by four months
(b) He has asked for a transfer
(c) He is being sent home
(d) He killed an innocent Vietnamese woman

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

14. What does Herr begin the chapter with?
(a) A listing of soldiers who died at Khe Sanh
(b) An account of the Tet Offensive
(c) A memory from his childhood
(d) Twenty accounts that happen during Vietnam

15. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. Herr compares some of the reporters to what other profession?

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

3. How does Herr find the conditions now in Khe Sanh?

4. What is the name of the relief operation at Khe Sanh?

5. Who gets regular leave to China Beach?

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