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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 best describes Richie's life in the hospital?
(a) Dirty.
(b) Terrifying.
(c) Amusing.
(d) Quiet.

2. Who does Brunner blame for the shortage of men in his squad?
(a) The war protestors.
(b) The American soldiers that ask for transfers.
(c) The incompetant office staff.
(d) The Vietcong soldiers.

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

4. Of all the men in the squad, who is viewed as their leader, described as having "quiet good sense"?
(a) Rings.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Monaco.
(d) Walowick.

5. What American holiday is approaching at the same time as the Vietnamese New Year?
(a) Christmas.
(b) Valentine's Day.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Halloween.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are the Vietnamese soldiers holding as bait, trying to encourage the chopper to arrive?

3. What does the squad advise the soldier, whose girlfriend proposed marriage, to do?

4. Which character gets into a power struggle with Stewart, telling the men to follow him when Stewart tells them all to stay down?

5. When the Vietcong are hiding under the water, what are they breathing with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where do Richie and Peewee spend the night when they are separated from their squad, and how do they find their way there?

4. What does Richie do with his Purple Heart?

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

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

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

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

9. What do the American soldiers see when they return to the village in Vietnam that they had recently tried to pacify?

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

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