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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Herr compares the landscape around Khe Sanh to what?
(a) A beautiful painting
(b) A volcanic eruption
(c) A moonscape
(d) A dead body

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

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

6. What do the soldiers do in China Beach?
(a) Engage in training missions
(b) Soak up the sun, take hot showers, eat hot food
(c) Work in rice fields
(d) Resupply ammunition, weapons, and fuel supplies of other troops

7. What is a Seabee?
(a) A Navy Seal
(b) A construction battalion
(c) The coast guard
(d) A Green Beret trained in aquatics

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

9. What question does Prager ask the General?
(a) What he would do if the NVA attack Khe Sanh and supporting bases at once
(b) If they can have steak for dinner
(c) For extra troops at Khe Sanh
(d) How to win the war

10. Who does Herr dread becoming like?
(a) The zombie soldiers
(b) Page and Flynn
(c) The Montagnards
(d) Aging journalists

11. What do the Marines find in the hills once occupied by the NVA?
(a) That the NVA were not as numerous as believed
(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 had mass weapon caches in the hills

12. Why do the men hear continuous machine gun fire at night?
(a) They are suffering dreams from smoking marijuana
(b) An American soldier went crazy and is spraying the base
(c) An NVA is stuck on the wire around the base
(d) A water buffalo ran into the gun and knocked it down

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Red Cross nurses offer soldiers returning from battle?

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

3. How many writers does Herr estimate are in Vietnam during the Tet Offensive?

4. Why don't the soldiers accept the coffee?

5. What does Davies' in-country wife do for a living?

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