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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 happens on the day the young marine is supposed to leave?
(a) He is killed
(b) He shoots himself in the foot
(c) He misses his transport
(d) He shoots himself in the hand

2. What does Herr say finally happened to the young marine?
(a) He is killed in an ambush
(b) He leaves for home on his fourth attempt
(c) He is hospitalized on suicide watch
(d) He does not know if he got out or not

3. What battles take place in 1965 that cost numerous American lives?
(a) Hue
(b) Ia Drang
(c) Khe Sanh
(d) Saigon

4. What does Herr call a company of soldiers returning from battle?
(a) A colony of stroke victims
(b) Baby killers
(c) Far from heroic
(d) Vietnams heroes

5. What jungle disease takes down many strong men?
(a) West Nile
(b) Anthrax
(c) Pneumonia
(d) Malaria

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the Montagnards hated?

2. The NVA hold what building in Hue?

3. Where does Herr place Khe Sanh?

4. The dreams of the soldiers become what?

5. When does the Dak To battle take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the actions of the correspondents while in the field.

2. How do the soldiers feel about the war?

3. Why do soldiers take body part trophies? Does drug use play a role in this practice?

4. 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?

5. Describe Herr's memories of Vietnam.

6. How does the chapter's title reflect the feelings of the soldiers and differ from the upper brass's description of the war?

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

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

10. Describe the battle at Khe Sanh.

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