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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the squad advise the soldier, whose girlfriend proposed marriage, to do?
(a) Lie to her.
(b) Dump her.
(c) Marry her.
(d) Think about his answer.

2. What American holiday is approaching at the same time as the Vietnamese New Year?
(a) Valentine's Day.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Thanksgiving.

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

4. How does Richie feel when he is running to escape the fighting in the village?
(a) As though he is the fastest man on earth.
(b) As though there is someone else running in his body.
(c) As though his legs are made of concrete.
(d) As though he cannot keep up with the other soldiers.

5. How many of the three soldiers--Peewee, Richie, and the captive--are able to escape the Vietnamese troops?
(a) None of them.
(b) One of them.
(c) Two of them.
(d) All three of them.

6. In Earlene's letter to Richie, what does she apologize for?
(a) Not praying for him anymore.
(b) Going on a date with another man.
(c) Marrying another man.
(d) Not writing as often as promised.

7. Which character wakes up in the middle of the night with terrible, screaming nightmares?
(a) Monaco.
(b) Brunner.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Peewee.

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

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

10. Of all the men in the squad, who is viewed as their leader, described as having "quiet good sense"?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Walowick.
(c) Monaco.
(d) Rings.

11. What is the name of the Vietnamese New Year?
(a) Tot.
(b) Tat.
(c) Tet.
(d) Tut.

12. Who are the Vietnamese soldiers holding as bait, trying to encourage the chopper to arrive?
(a) Lobel.
(b) Monaco.
(c) Walowick.
(d) Brunner.

13. What do the Vietnamese allies want the American troops to help them capture?
(a) A fort.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A river.
(d) A hill.

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

15. What is attached to the young Vietnamese child that Peewee makes a doll for?
(a) A bomb.
(b) A letter.
(c) A lunch sack.
(d) A flower.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which soldier promises to come to Richie and Peewee's aid if problems arise in camp over their new lieutenant?

2. What is the name of the soldier's new base, that they are moved to under Lieutenant Gearhart's command?

3. Who does Richie feel certain is the good guy in the Vietnam war.

4. What is waiting for Richie when he enters one of the huts in the recently pacified village?

5. Who writes a letter to Tuner's parents?

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