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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 is attached to the young Vietnamese child that Peewee makes a doll for?
(a) A flower.
(b) A letter.
(c) A lunch sack.
(d) A bomb.

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

3. Which character wakes up in the middle of the night with terrible, screaming nightmares?
(a) Peewee.
(b) Brunner.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Monaco.

4. During a fight with Vietnamese soldiers, where is Richie shot?
(a) In his stomach.
(b) In his back.
(c) In his leg.
(d) In his neck.

5. When the Vietcong are hiding under the water, what are they breathing with?
(a) Straws.
(b) Oxygen tanks.
(c) Scuba gear.
(d) Reeds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Earlene's letter to Richie, what does she apologize for?

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

4. Why doesn't the grenade that Richie throws into the Vietnamese hut explode?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are Richie and Peewee separated from the rest of their troop?

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

4. How does Monaco escape the clutches of the Vietnamese soldiers?

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

6. What does Richie do with his Purple Heart?

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

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

9. What offer does Gearhart make for the troops, when it is realized that the squads are unequally staffed?

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

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