View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Herr say plays behind the young marine's eyes?
(a) The horror of seeing his buddies killed
(b) The endless marches through jungles
(c) The children playing near land mines
(d) The My Lai massacre

2. Who do some American soldiers fight for?
(a) The French
(b) The VC
(c) The Chinese
(d) The Japanese

3. What happens to South Vietnamese at Hue?
(a) They are executed by NVA
(b) They are taken to POW camps
(c) They are given reprive to go home
(d) They are recruited by the Americans

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. No soldier would want to return home with this.

2. Where is Herr working as a war correspondent?

3. When did the First Indochina War end?

4. The soldiers feel that the actual death count is closer to how many times the official count?

5. Where does the chapter's title come from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do you think the chaplain lies to the soldier whose legs have been blown off?

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

5. What are the two realities of Vietnam and how do they differ?

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

7. Discuss Page's wound and his recovery.

8. Discuss Herr's comments about the NVA who refused to come out of his spider hole and the numerous ways a man can be killed in Vietnam.

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

10. Describe the reaction Herr has to seeing dead bodies and how the soldiers react when they kill the enemy.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,172 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample