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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the squad sergeant call inexperienced soldiers?
(a) Cherries.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Apples.
(d) Peaches.

2. What city is Lobel obsessed with, and constantly speaks about?
(a) New York.
(b) Hollywood.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) Detroit.

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

4. What is the name of the young, black medic?
(a) Jeremy.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Jamal.
(d) Jason.

5. When Peewee is joking that he didn't know he was in Vietnam, where does he joke that he thinks he is?
(a) St. Louis.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Tallahassee.
(d) New Orleans.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he was in high school, who told Richie that he had a good shot of getting into college?

2. Who does Peewee talk to in a storage shed?

3. After receiving a letter from his mother, what does Richie realize about their relationship?

4. How many soldiers in Richie's platoon are promoted after the village ambush?

5. Which military leader dies in a hospital after the attack?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lieutenant Carroll die?

2. What offer does Lieutenant Carroll give to Richie in regard to his medical records, and what is Richie's response?

3. How do the soldiers pass the time around the barracks when they have no missions to attend to?

4. Why do the American troops ambush the village that they had recently pacified?

5. How do the more experienced soldiers feel when they see the new soldiers arriving?

6. During the slow days, what does Richie learn about his fellow soldiers Brew, Lobel, and Monaco?

7. Why isn't Richie able to answer the question about his future goals when speaking to the Red Cross workers?

8. What happens to the soldiers while they are on a layover in Osaka, Japan?

9. After returning from a Vietnamese village, what does Sergeant Simpson tell the troops Captain Stewart?

10. Why is Richie's troop reassigned from the pacification mission in the village?

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