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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. When does Herr finally take up a weapon?
(a) When he is dared to shoot a water buffalo
(b) When a VC threatens him
(c) When another soldier makes him use a gun
(d) During the Tet Offensive

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

3. When did the First Indochina War end?
(a) 1954
(b) 1945
(c) 1970
(d) 1975

4. How does Herr get a bloody nose?
(a) He is punched by Flynn
(b) He is kicked in the nose by another soldier
(c) He is hit by mortar fire
(d) He runs into a tree

5. What was once the most beautiful city in Vietnam?
(a) Saigon
(b) Hue
(c) China Beach
(d) Ho Chi Minh

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the soldiers trade for the marijuana?

2. The VC conserves what?

3. Where are the Americans best at fighting?

4. When did Dien Bien Phu occur?

5. The brass declare what after the Tet Offensive?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the soldiers feel about the war?

2. Why does Herr feel emptiness and longing while visiting old friends?

3. Who is the Khe Sanh press secretary and what is his role in the Khe Sanh siege?

4. Discuss the story about the soldier who is rewarded for killing more enemy and rescuing more prisoners than he actually did.

5. Describe China Beach and what soldiers do there.

6. Discuss Page's wound and his recovery.

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

8. Describe what the soldiers and correspondents pack when going into battle.

9. Describe the events that finally make Herr take up a weapon and the role he plays in the Tet Offensive.

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

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