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) April 1
(d) January 1

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

3. Herr compares some of the reporters to what other profession?
(a) police officers
(b) accountants
(c) movie stars
(d) secretaries

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

5. What two things mark his visits with friends?
(a) Memories and Drugs
(b) Drugs and alcohol
(c) Marijuana use and Strange Dreams
(d) Longing and emptiness

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

7. What does the photographer witness soldiers doing with VC bodies?
(a) Lighting them on fire
(b) Dropping them out of a helicopter
(c) Hanging them from trees
(d) Burying them in a mass grave

8. What did the NVA leave behind?
(a) Complete encampments
(b) Abandoned packs and equipment
(c) Guns and ammunition
(d) Food supplies

9. Where does the Cav build a sprawling base?
(a) North of Saigon
(b) North of Khe Sanh
(c) South of Hanoi
(d) West of Hue

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

11. Why does Seann Flynn not seem to fit in a combat zone?
(a) Because Seann is a female
(b) Because he is young
(c) Because he is good looking
(d) Because he is very small

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

13. How does Herr find the conditions now in Khe Sanh?
(a) Greatly improved
(b) About the same
(c) No change
(d) Devastated

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

15. How do many of the correspondents act during the war?
(a) As if they are government officials
(b) As if they are soldiers
(c) As if it is a war movie
(d) As if they are on vacation

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the Marines discover in the hills?

3. How much money does one official say a dead Marine costs?

4. What news of Day Tripper does Herr receive at China Beach?

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

(see the answer keys)

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