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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. Who opens fire on the Vietnamese soldiers?
(a) The front line soldiers.
(b) The rescue helicopters.
(c) The recovery tanks.
(d) No one opens fire on the Vietnamese ally soldiers.

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

3. When Richie thinks about going AWOL, what country does he plan to run to?
(a) Denmark.
(b) Canada.
(c) Iceland.
(d) Sweden.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Around the time of the Vietnamese New Year, what is happening on the streets of New York?

2. What type of soldier does the new lieutenant like to put in the most dangerous military positions?

3. What is the name of the soldier who is mortally wounded during the same fight in which Richie is shot?

4. Which soldier's girlfriend sends him a letter proposing marriage?

5. Why do the Vietnamese allies turn against the American troops?

Short Essay Questions

1. What letter does Gearhart give to Richie and Walowick to hold onto?

2. What is the reaction among the troops when the newspaper arrives with photos of war protesters burning their draft cards?

3. Why do the rescue choppers open fire on the Vietnamese allies?

4. What does Richie do with his Purple Heart?

5. In Kenny's letter to Richie about Johnny Robinson, what does he say?

6. What power struggle arises between Johnson and Stewart in the battlefield of the reclaimed hill?

7. What race relation issues come to light during the time of Vietnamese Tet?

8. What conversation does Richie get into with Johnson about the war protesters?

9. What happens when the allies bring in a Vietnamese mother and her two small children found wandering around the rice paddies?

10. How do the American soldiers prepare the bodies of their fallen soldiers so that the enemy cannot mutilate them?

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