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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 type of soldier does the new lieutenant like to put in the most dangerous military positions?
(a) The young soldiers.
(b) The old soldiers.
(c) The white soldiers.
(d) The black soldiers.

2. What do the Vietnamese allies want the American troops to help them capture?
(a) A river.
(b) A fort.
(c) A hill.
(d) A mountain.

3. After Richie and Peewee are separated from their squad, where do they spend the night?
(a) Inside a burned-out hut.
(b) In the reeds of a swamp.
(c) In a hole.
(d) Up in a tree.

4. How did Richie know Johnny Robinson?
(a) They went to church together.
(b) They went to the same school.
(c) They played basketball together.
(d) They were cousins.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character wakes up in the middle of the night with terrible, screaming nightmares?

2. Which soldier promises to come to Richie and Peewee's aid if problems arise in camp over their new lieutenant?

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

4. What reason does Captain Stewart give to the soldiers as to why they will be going on a reconnaissance mission?

5. Which soldier is approached by Lt. Dongan asking if Lobel is a homosexual?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Richie do with his Purple Heart?

2. How does it come to be that Richie is shot?

3. How does Richie kill his first Vietcong soldier, and what is his reaction to the killing?

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

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

6. When does Richie realize that Johnson would have been a natural-born leader?

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

8. Who is with Brew when he dies?

9. How does Richie explain the shooting of the Vietcong soldier to his brother, Kenny?

10. What happens when the Vietnamese allies want the American troops to help them capture a crucial hill?

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