Dispatches Test | Final Test - Easy

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Dispatches Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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

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

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

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

7. With which general do Herr and Prager meet?
(a) General Tompkins
(b) General Thompson
(c) General North
(d) General Eisenhower

8. 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 end of the war
(d) The drug culture among marines

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

10. The Special Forces man who kills one enemy and frees one prisoner is rewarded for killing how many and rescuing how many?
(a) Killing 2 and rescuing 1
(b) Killing 14 and rescuing 6
(c) Killing 1 and rescuing 1
(d) Killing 1 and rescuing 5

11. What does JUSPAO stand for?
(a) Journalists from US Publishing Articles Overseas
(b) Joint US Public Affairs Office
(c) Joint US Publishing Affairs Organization
(d) Joining United States Publishers Articles Overseas

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sights upset Day Tripper?

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

3. What is an RPG?

4. How old is Page on his next birthday?

5. What did the NVA leave behind?

(see the answer keys)

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