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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) Khe Sanh
(d) Saigon
2. Herr encounters a soldier with a bag full of what?
(a) Dog tags
(b) Dried human ears
(c) Buffalo patties
(d) Marijuana
3. What do the soldiers trade for the marijuana?
(a) Ammunition
(b) Food rations
(c) Cigarettes
(d) Weapons
4. President Johnson's comment about Khe Sanh is considered what?
(a) An excuse for the Americans defeat
(b) Propaganda
(c) A political move
(d) An encouragement to the troops
5. Who is Seann Flynn's famous father?
(a) The Flying Flynn
(b) Flynn Page
(c) Errol Flynn
(d) Steven Flynn
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Herr place Khe Sanh?
2. When does the Tet Offensive begin?
3. Where is Herr working as a war correspondent?
4. Why do many soldiers miss details that could have kept them alive?
5. When does Herr finally take up a weapon?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss Herr's comment that the military's use of "corps" zones reduces the character of the country.
2. Discuss the story about the soldier who is rewarded for killing more enemy and rescuing more prisoners than he actually did.
3. How does the chapter's title reflect the feelings of the soldiers and differ from the upper brass's description of the war?
4. Describe Herr's drug use and why the soldiers try to avoid their dreams.
5. What do the soldiers expect to find at Hue? What are they greeted with? How does the battle turn out?
6. Why do you think the chaplain lies to the soldier whose legs have been blown off?
7. Who is the Khe Sanh press secretary and what is his role in the Khe Sanh siege?
8. Describe the events that finally make Herr take up a weapon and the role he plays in the Tet Offensive.
9. Describe the soldier who tells Herr that he knows how to use both types of drugs to handle the war.
10. What timeframe is Herr writing during? Is there any significance to the fact that he is writing at this time?
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