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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. Which of the following adjectives best describes Lieutenant Carroll?
(a) Excitable.
(b) Kind.
(c) Incompetent.
(d) Terrifying.

2. What happens when the soldiers are sent to protect another company from the encroaching enemy?
(a) Richie accidentally kills a fellow soldier with friendly fire.
(b) Richie kills his first enemy soldier.
(c) Richie saves Peewee from a grenade.
(d) Nothing happens.

3. After the pacification mission, who comes to attack the villagers?
(a) American soldiers.
(b) French soldiers.
(c) Vietcong soldiers.
(d) British soldiers.

4. What type of airplane does the squad hear flying close to them while they are having a quiet day?
(a) A helicopter.
(b) A fighter jet.
(c) A Boeing 747.
(d) A stealth missile.

5. What type of home remedy does Peewee purchase from a local healer?
(a) Skin-lightening cream.
(b) Muscle-relaxing gel.
(c) Hair-growing serum.
(d) Height lotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brew hope to become when he gets out of the army?

2. What is the name of the extraordinarily strong black soldier that Richie and Peewee meet?

3. What is the name of the soldier that was once a star high school athlete?

4. Which soldier approaches Richie to confess that he believes he is responsible for their leader's death during the ambush?

5. Which of RIchie's high school teachers told him to stop being an observer in life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the soldiers told during their orientation speech upon arrival to Chu Lia?

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

3. How does Lieutenant Carroll die?

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

5. Why is Richie sent on patrol with the Charlie Company?

6. What happens when Richie sees the body bags lined up at his base?

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

8. What happens when Richie is out on patrol with the Charlie Company?

9. What footage do the soldiers watch after the ambush, and what is their reaction?

10. What does Lobel tell Richie about himself, and his obsession with Hollywood, while the two are on patrol together?

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