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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 battles take place in 1965 that cost numerous American lives?
(a) Hue
(b) Ia Drang
(c) Saigon
(d) Khe Sanh
2. What do men do to reduce glare?
(a) Wear sunglasses
(b) Wear baseball caps under their helmets
(c) Use umbrellas
(d) Paint their faces
3. What does Herr call a company of soldiers returning from battle?
(a) A colony of stroke victims
(b) Baby killers
(c) Vietnams heroes
(d) Far from heroic
4. What do the troops find in the city of Hue?
(a) Fresh replacement troops from America
(b) Thousands of dead bodies
(c) A deserted city
(d) A large company of NVA troops
5. What was once the most beautiful city in Vietnam?
(a) Saigon
(b) Ho Chi Minh
(c) China Beach
(d) Hue
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Herr smoke before sleeping that causes him to have strange dreams?
2. What type of people are the Montagnards?
3. What is the name of the river by Hue?
4. Reporters compare the Khe Sanh base to what other military conflict?
5. What is a fatal mistake made by the Marines?
Short Essay Questions
1. Khe Sanh is compared to another battle fought nearly ten years earlier. What is the name of that battle and what happened?
2. Describe the mortar attack in which Herr is injured, his understanding of the situation, and the possible truth about the soldier's laughter.
3. What do the soldiers expect to find at Hue? What are they greeted with? How does the battle turn out?
4. Discuss the story about the soldier who is rewarded for killing more enemy and rescuing more prisoners than he actually did.
5. Describe the increasing intensity of the war and what the NVA are planning.
6. Describe China Beach and what soldiers do there.
7. Describe the actions of the correspondents while in the field.
8. Describe Herr's drug use and why the soldiers try to avoid their dreams.
9. How does the presence of the correspondents lend importance to missions and also detract from the importance of the soldiers job?
10. Describe the types of reporters working in Vietnam and the reports that are sent back to the American public.
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