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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rock and roll artist does one soldier play during a firefight?
(a) Buddy Holly
(b) The Beatles
(c) Jimi Hendrix
(d) Elvis Presley

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

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

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

5. What does Herr choose not to carry with him that many other reporters carry?
(a) Extra ammunition
(b) Cameras
(c) His credentials
(d) Extra food

6. What does Davies' in-country wife do for a living?
(a) She is a prostitute
(b) She cleans latrines
(c) She sells vegetables
(d) She works in the EM Club

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

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

9. Where is Day Tripper and Mayhew's bunker located?
(a) The stay in a Temple
(b) Between Khe Sanh and Langvei
(c) Near the perimeter
(d) In the back of the base

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

11. How long has the Special Forces at the EM Club been in Vietnam?
(a) 48 months
(b) Two tours
(c) Four tours
(d) Thirty-six months

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

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

14. 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

15. What do the Marines find in the hills once occupied by the NVA?
(a) That the NVA had mass weapon caches in the hills
(b) That the NVA are still hiding in spider holes
(c) That they left in a hurry leaving their packs behind
(d) That the NVA were not as numerous as believed

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did the NVA leave behind?

4. What does JUSPAO stand for?

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

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