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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. The Marines feel one of them is worth how many regular soldiers?
(a) Ten
(b) Two
(c) One
(d) Five

2. What is the name of the river by Hue?
(a) The Euphrates
(b) The Perfume River
(c) The River of Tears
(d) The Khe Sahn River

3. What is a LRRP?
(a) Last Roving Reporting Patrol
(b) Long Range Reporting Party
(c) Long Range Recruit Party
(d) Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol

4. What does Herr wear on his first day in Vietnam?
(a) New fatigues
(b) Jeans, a tie-dye t-shirt and flip flops
(c) Shorts and a Hawaiin shirt
(d) Combat boots, shorts and a flack jacket

5. Where does Herr place Khe Sanh?
(a) Just outside the DMZ
(b) In I Corps
(c) In the delta
(d) On top of the piedmont

Short Answer Questions

1. Who fought the Vietnamese in Dien Bien Phu?

2. When did the First Indochina War end?

3. What does ARVN stand for?

4. What is the term for the condition which affects many soldiers experiencing terrible events in war?

5. In what city is Herr's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the effects of fatigue on the soldiers.

3. How does the battle of Ia Drang affect the American soldiers?

4. Describe China Beach and what soldiers do there.

5. Describe the state of the war as Herr enters it.

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

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

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

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

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

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