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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of transport is the young marine awaiting?
(a) Green Berets
(b) Medevac
(c) C-123
(d) Coast Guard

2. What is a TAOR?
(a) Tactics Armory of Reconnaissance
(b) Tactical Base of Responsiblity
(c) Tactical Army of Response
(d) Training And Ovation Response

3. Who set the booby trap on the latrine?
(a) The VC
(b) A soldier gone crazy
(c) Vietnamese civilians
(d) The reporters

4. What is the most popular strategy for ending the war according to the soldiers?
(a) Going home
(b) Remaining in Vietnam forever
(c) Levelling the country
(d) Letting the NVA take over

5. The soldiers feel that the actual death count is closer to how many times the official count?
(a) three to four times
(b) two times
(c) ten times
(d) the official count is correct

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says he is now emperor?

2. Why do military officials say Khe Sanh is different from Dien Bien Phu?

3. When is Herr in Vietnam?

4. Who fought the Vietnamese in Dien Bien Phu?

5. Where is Herr working as a war correspondent?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the stories Herr hears from the soldiers.

2. Discuss the difference between Prager and Herr and General Tompkins.

3. What timeframe is Herr writing during? Is there any significance to the fact that he is writing at this time?

4. What role does luck play in the lives of the soldiers?

5. Describe the soldier who tells Herr that he knows how to use both types of drugs to handle the war.

6. How does the news of Day Tripper and Mayhew affect Herr's time at China Beach?

7. Describe the effects of fatigue on the soldiers.

8. Describe China Beach and what soldiers do there.

9. What is the Khe Sanh Combat Base and who forms it?

10. Who are the Montagnards and what role do they play in the Vietnam War?

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