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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long do Peewee and Richie wait before receiving their camp assignment?
(a) Forty days.
(b) Twenty days.
(c) Two days.
(d) Ten days.

2. Who does Johnson get into a racially charged argument with?
(a) Rings.
(b) Walowick.
(c) Peewee.
(d) Sergeant Simpson.

3. Which military leader dies in a hospital after the attack?
(a) Captain Stewart.
(b) Lieutenant Carroll.
(c) Lieutenant Doyle.
(d) Sergeant Simpson.

4. How are the injured American soldiers transported out of the battle zone?
(a) By train.
(b) By cab.
(c) By helicopter.
(d) By airplane.

5. How many soldiers in Richie's platoon are promoted after the village ambush?
(a) All of them.
(b) None of them.
(c) Ten of them.
(d) Five of them.

6. What position did Jenkins's father hold in the army?
(a) A colonel.
(b) A sergeant.
(c) A lieutenant.
(d) A captain.

7. Who writes a letter to Lieutenant Carroll's pregnant wife, explaining what has happened to him?
(a) Lobel.
(b) Richie.
(c) Brew.
(d) Peewee.

8. Who approaches Richie to tell him that his medical records still haven't arrived?
(a) Sergeant Simpson.
(b) Lieutenant Carroll.
(c) Captain Stewart.
(d) Lieutenant Boyle.

9. After the attack in which the first enemy soldier is killed, what sport do the men return home to play?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Football.
(c) Volleyball.
(d) Baseball.

10. After receiving a letter from his mother, what does Richie realize about their relationship?
(a) That she is not his real mother.
(b) That he needs her more than ever now.
(c) That he never wants to be a parent himself.
(d) That his mother never loved him.

11. What does the soldier in the breakfast hall call Peewee and Richie when they refuse his offer?
(a) Aunt Marys.
(b) Uncle Bills.
(c) Uncle Toms.
(d) Aunt Pats.

12. What is the name of Richie's younger brother?
(a) Keith.
(b) Kenny.
(c) Kevin.
(d) Keenon.

13. When Lobel is on patrol, what does he imagine is following him?
(a) The enemy.
(b) A film camera.
(c) A black panther.
(d) His mother.

14. Which of the following medications is brought to a Vietnamese village by the troops?
(a) Malaria pills.
(b) Iodine pills.
(c) Antihistimine pills.
(d) Vitamins.

15. How is the soldier killed on the first night of patrol?
(a) He steps on a landmine.
(b) He is shot through the heart.
(c) He eats a poisonous plant.
(d) He throws his body on a grenade.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which soldier is well known for doing funny imitations of voices?

2. What does the soldier in the breakfast hall suggest that the three of them should mingle?

3. What does Jenkins tell Richie that he fears about being in the army?

4. What is the name of the company that Richie is sent on patrol with after missing his own squad's patrol?

5. Which of the following are the soldiers NOT warned away from at their new camp?

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