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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 do the troops find in the city of Hue?
(a) A large company of NVA troops
(b) Thousands of dead bodies
(c) A deserted city
(d) Fresh replacement troops from America

2. Where does Herr find himself during a downpour?
(a) China Beach
(b) A bunker in the jungle
(c) A hotel in Saigon
(d) An airfield in Kontum

3. Where is the enemy most effective?
(a) In Saigon
(b) In the air
(c) On the ground
(d) At China Beach

4. Herr encounters a soldier with a bag full of what?
(a) Dog tags
(b) Marijuana
(c) Dried human ears
(d) Buffalo patties

5. Which president declares that Khe Sanh cannot fall to the NVA?
(a) Lyndon Johnson
(b) Adams
(c) Nixon
(d) JFK

Short Answer Questions

1. The NVA hold what building in Hue?

2. Reporters compare the Khe Sanh base to what other military conflict?

3. What phrase is used even though most soldiers don't mean it?

4. What are the names the military gives to the geographical areas of Vietnam?

5. What does Herr say is the reason he came to Vietnam?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Soc Trang and what does it promise Herr?

2. Describe China Beach and what soldiers do there.

3. Describe Herr's memories of Vietnam.

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

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

6. Who are Day Tripper and Mayhew? What does Herr do with them?

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

8. Describe the battle at Khe Sanh.

9. 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?

10. Describe the condition "shell shock." Why do parents fear their sons will come home with it and why do soldiers with it not want to return home?

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