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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Richie do when Brew is dying?
(a) Prays with him.
(b) Promises to write a letter to his mother.
(c) Tells him a funny joke.
(d) Holds his hand.

2. Who writes a letter to Tuner's parents?
(a) Lieutenant Doyle.
(b) Captain Stewart.
(c) Peewee.
(d) Richie.

3. Who is loaded onto the helicopter with Richie after he has been shot?
(a) Lieutenant Doyle.
(b) Peewee.
(c) Brew.
(d) Sergeant Simpson.

4. After Richie and Peewee are separated from their squad, where do they spend the night?
(a) Up in a tree.
(b) In the reeds of a swamp.
(c) In a hole.
(d) Inside a burned-out hut.

5. Whose decision is it to extend the troop's tour of duty for an additional thirty days?
(a) Sergeant Simpson's.
(b) Lieutenant Gearhart's.
(c) Captain Stewart's.
(d) Lieutenant Doyle's.

6. What offer does Gearhart give the soldiers to keep them safe?
(a) To travel to southern or northern Vietnam.
(b) To use machine guns or grenades.
(c) To choose their next leader or leave it up to the administration.
(d) To split up or stay together.

7. During the fight to reclaim Vietnamese land, what part of Dongan's body is blown off?
(a) His arms.
(b) His eyebrows.
(c) His nose.
(d) His legs.

8. Which character gets into a power struggle with Stewart, telling the men to follow him when Stewart tells them all to stay down?
(a) Peewee.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Rings.
(d) Richie.

9. What type of award is Richie given from the army after his injuries?
(a) A purple heart.
(b) A blue heart.
(c) A gold heart.
(d) A silver heart.

10. Why doesn't the grenade that Richie throws into the Vietnamese hut explode?
(a) Because he forgets to pull the pin.
(b) Because the powder was wet.
(c) Because the hut was already on fire.
(d) Because the grenade was old.

11. What character is Richie reunited with when he is resting in the hospital?
(a) Jamal.
(b) Walowick.
(c) Lieutenant Gearhart.
(d) Judy Duncan.

12. Which of the following soldiers does NOT have a letter from Gearhart to his wife in their possession?
(a) Gearhart.
(b) Richie.
(c) Walowick.
(d) Monaco

13. What does Richie think that his time in the hospital has done to him?
(a) Softened him to war.
(b) Hardened him to war.
(c) Alienated him from his troop.
(d) Made him a target for the enemy.

14. Who is the first to open fire on the Vietnamese soldiers, allowing the chopper to land safely?
(a) Lobel and Walowick.
(b) Vietnamese allies.
(c) The chopper.
(d) Richie and Peewee.

15. How does Richie get away from the fight after he has been shot?
(a) He crawls on his knees.
(b) He does not leave the scene after he is shot.
(c) He runs on sheer adrenaline.
(d) He is carried out by another soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Brunner blame for the shortage of men in his squad?

2. How does Richie feel when he is running to escape the fighting in the village?

3. When the Vietcong are hiding under the water, what are they breathing with?

4. Which character wakes up in the middle of the night with terrible, screaming nightmares?

5. Which character strongly wishes he had a wife a kids waiting for him at home?

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