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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who tells Richie that there is no meaning to the war in Vietnam?
(a) Brunner.
(b) Brew.
(c) Rings.
(d) Johnson.

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

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

5. Which soldier freezes in sudden panic and needs Gearhart to scream him back into obedience?
(a) Peewee.
(b) Jamal.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Monaco.

6. Which soldier is approached by Lt. Dongan asking if Lobel is a homosexual?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Richie.
(c) Monaco.
(d) Peewee.

7. What is the name of the soldier who is mortally wounded during the same fight in which Richie is shot?
(a) Monaco.
(b) Brunner.
(c) Lobel.
(d) Brew.

8. In the attempt to escape the Vietnamese troops, where is Richie shot?
(a) In the neck.
(b) In the arm.
(c) In the back.
(d) In the leg.

9. Which of the following best describes the fight in which the troops is attempting to reclaim Vietnamese land?
(a) Disorganized.
(b) Quick.
(c) Well organized.
(d) Peaceful.

10. Who is the highest ranking soldier among Richie's squad?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Walowick.
(c) Lobel.
(d) Brunner.

11. What is the name of the soldier killed when the American troop's location is accidentally revealed?
(a) Rings.
(b) Brew.
(c) Turner.
(d) Brunner.

12. Which soldier admits that he wanted to run to Canada when he heard he was drafted?
(a) Brew.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Brunner.
(d) Rings.

13. After the trauma of visiting the recently pacified Vietnamese village, whose bed does Richie sleep in for comfort?
(a) Lobel's.
(b) Ring's.
(c) Monaco's.
(d) Peewee's.

14. 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 grenade was old.
(d) Because the hut was already on fire.

15. What reason does Captain Stewart give to the soldiers as to why they will be going on a reconnaissance mission?
(a) The mission is their safest option.
(b) He wants to kill more Vietcong soldiers.
(c) He didn't know that their squad had been volunteered.
(d) Lt. Gearhart needs more training.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which soldier accidentally releases a flare during a fight, revealing the position of the troops?

2. Which character gets into a power struggle with Stewart, telling the men to follow him when Stewart tells them all to stay down?

3. Who is loaded onto the helicopter with Richie after he has been shot?

4. How did Richie know Johnny Robinson?

5. What is the name of the character sent in to replace Sergeant Simpson?

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