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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 is NOT one of Peewee's life goals?
(a) To make love to a foreign woman.
(b) To speak another language.
(c) To smoke a cigar.
(d) To drink wine from a bottle with a cork.

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

3. Which soldier says that he is in Vietnam to stop the spread of communism?
(a) Brunner.
(b) Peewee.
(c) Ringer.
(d) Richie.

4. When the soldiers are at their layover in Japan, where are they forced to sleep?
(a) On dirty matresses.
(b) In their airplane seats.
(c) On a cement floor.
(d) On wooden benches.

5. When going on pacification missions, Lobel compares their company to outlaws in what type of movie?
(a) Foreign Film.
(b) Horror.
(c) Western.
(d) Science Fiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which soldier is killed on the first night of patrol?

2. Who is the lead actress in the movie that the soldiers watch over and over during their slow days?

3. What happens when the soldiers are sent to protect another company from the encroaching enemy?

4. How does Lieutenant Doyle feel about this war?

5. Which of the following medications is brought to a Vietnamese village by the troops?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Richard Perry decide to join the army?

3. While they are on patrol together, what does Richie tell Lobel about his letter-writing problems, and what is Lobel's response?

4. Why does Lobel feel that he is responsible for Lieutenant Carroll's death, and how does Richie console him?

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

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

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

8. Why does Jenkins say that he has joined the army, and what is his fear of war?

9. Before the troops see any action, what does Richie think about the fighting?

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

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