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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 does the squad advise the soldier, whose girlfriend proposed marriage, to do?
(a) Think about his answer.
(b) Lie to her.
(c) Marry her.
(d) Dump her.

2. Who is the first to open fire on the Vietnamese soldiers, allowing the chopper to land safely?
(a) Vietnamese allies.
(b) Lobel and Walowick.
(c) The chopper.
(d) Richie and Peewee.

3. Which soldier accidentally releases a flare during a fight, revealing the position of the troops?
(a) Sergeant Simpson.
(b) Lieutenant Doyle.
(c) Captain Stewart.
(d) Lieutenant Gearhart.

4. Which character gets into a power struggle with Stewart, telling the men to follow him when Stewart tells them all to stay down?
(a) Richie.
(b) Peewee.
(c) Rings.
(d) Johnson.

5. Who tells Richie that there is no meaning to the war in Vietnam?
(a) Johnson.
(b) Brew.
(c) Brunner.
(d) Rings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is attached to the young Vietnamese child that Peewee makes a doll for?

2. After Richie's discussion with Johnson about the war protestors, what does he fall asleep thinking about?

3. Who is loaded onto the helicopter with Richie after he has been shot?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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