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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. How do soldiers ensure the enemy is dead?
(a) By shooting them an extra time
(b) Dragging them from jeeps
(c) By dropping them from helicopters
(d) Running them over with tanks

2. The brass declare what after the Tet Offensive?
(a) Defeat
(b) Retreat
(c) Victory
(d) They are pulling out of the war

3. What two emotions does Herr feel looking at pictures of dead people?
(a) Repulsion and fascination
(b) Shock and Repulsion
(c) Fascination and Horror
(d) Shock and fascination

4. How many times does the young marine miss his transport?
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 4

5. When does the Tet Offensive begin?
(a) January 30,1968
(b) July 31, 1967
(c) January 31, 1969
(d) July 4, 1965

Short Answer Questions

1. Who fires on the soldiers Herr travels with?

2. Herr compares being in battle to what?

3. What is booby trapped with a grenade?

4. Why does the young marine not show any mirth in his smile?

5. What does Herr wear on his first day in Vietnam?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the battle at Khe Sanh.

2. Discuss Page's wound and his recovery.

3. Describe Herr's drug use and why the soldiers try to avoid their dreams.

4. Discuss some of the reasons men have joined the military.

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

6. How does the image of the World War II correspondent typing by candlelight relate to the Marines diverse views regarding war correspondents?

7. Herr talks with a black Marine about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. What impact does the assassination have on the black soldiers in Vietnam?

8. Discuss the meaning of Major Trong's statement that he is emperor now.

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

10. What is the attitude of the Marines? How does this attitude negatively affect the troops?

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