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Dispatches Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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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. How does Herr get a bloody nose?
(a) He is hit by mortar fire
(b) He runs into a tree
(c) He is kicked in the nose by another soldier
(d) He is punched by Flynn

2. When does Herr finally take up a weapon?
(a) When another soldier makes him use a gun
(b) When he is dared to shoot a water buffalo
(c) When a VC threatens him
(d) During the Tet Offensive

3. When is Herr in Vietnam?
(a) 1967 - 1969
(b) 1963 -1965
(c) 1967 - 1968
(d) 1965 -1967

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

5. What does ARVN stand for?
(a) Army of the Repubic of Vietnam
(b) Armed Reconnaissance for Vietnam
(c) Army Reinforcements for Vietnam
(d) Armed Republic Vietnamese

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the streets of Saigon full of?

2. What do the troops find in the city of Hue?

3. What happens to South Vietnamese at Hue?

4. Who fights with the Montagnards against the NVA?

5. What do men do to reduce glare?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the result of the siege at Khe Sanh?

2. Describe what the soldiers and correspondents pack when going into battle.

3. Describe the battle for the Citadel in Hue.

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

5. What is the attitude of the Marines? How does this attitude negatively affect the troops?

6. How does the news of Day Tripper and Mayhew affect Herr's time at China Beach?

7. Discuss Herr's comment that the military's use of "corps" zones reduces the character of the country.

8. Who are the Montagnards and what role do they play in the Vietnam War?

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

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