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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Day Tripper and Mayhew's bunker located?
(a) In the back of the base
(b) The stay in a Temple
(c) Between Khe Sanh and Langvei
(d) Near the perimeter

2. What does Herr talk about with a black Marine?
(a) The accuracy of press coverage
(b) The end of the war
(c) The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
(d) The drug culture among marines

3. What does Herr begin the chapter with?
(a) An account of the Tet Offensive
(b) Twenty accounts that happen during Vietnam
(c) A memory from his childhood
(d) A listing of soldiers who died at Khe Sanh

4. Where are Day Tripper and Mayhew from respectively?
(a) Kansas City and Atlanta
(b) Detroit and Kansas City
(c) Chicago and Detroit
(d) Detroit and New York City

5. When do the Marines finally leave Khe Sanh?
(a) They spend the rest of the war at Khe Sanh
(b) The Marines establish a permanent base at Khe Sanh
(c) In the spring
(d) They are under siege and cannot leave

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the correspondent Herr travels with across the DMZ?

2. What does JUSPAO stand for?

3. Where is Mayhew's friend recovering before returning to Khe Sanh?

4. What do the NVA have that no one expected them to have?

5. How does Herr find the conditions now in Khe Sanh?

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