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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 soldier admits that he wanted to run to Canada when he heard he was drafted?
(a) Brew.
(b) Rings.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Brunner.

2. Why doesn't the grenade that Richie throws into the Vietnamese hut explode?
(a) Because the powder was wet.
(b) Because he forgets to pull the pin.
(c) Because the grenade was old.
(d) Because the hut was already on fire.

3. Who does Richie feel certain is the good guy in the Vietnam war.
(a) Richie is sure the Americans are the "good guys."
(b) Richie is sure that there are not "good guys" in the war.
(c) Richie is sure the Vietcong are the "good guys."
(d) Richie is unsure who the "good guys" in the war are.

4. What is the name of the soldier killed when the American troop's location is accidentally revealed?
(a) Rings.
(b) Brew.
(c) Turner.
(d) Brunner.

5. When the troops are attacked, trying to capture the piece of Vietnamese land, how does Richie feel?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Apathetic.
(c) Amused.
(d) Terrified.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the fight over land in Vietnam, what is dropped by jet plane into the clearing?

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

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

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

5. After Richie and Peewee are separated from their squad, where do they spend the night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Richie do with his Purple Heart?

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

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

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

8. What happens during the Lieutenant Gearhart's first reconnaissance mission in Vietnam?

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

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

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