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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What effect does the Army have on Cannonball's brother?
(a) The Army gives him confidence.
(b) The Army makes him proud to be black.
(c) The Army destroys him.
(d) The Army makes a new man of him.

2. Chapter 8 How does Senator's friend, John Grimsley, get out of going to Vietnam?
(a) He goes to Canada.
(b) He is given a psychological deferment.
(c) He cuts off his finger.
(d) He shoots himself in the foot.

3. Where is Goodrich attending college when he decides to enlist in the Marines?
(a) Boston University
(b) MIT
(c) Harvard
(d) Suffolk University

4. Chapter 20 Where is Gilliland meeting his wife on his last day as a Marine?
(a) Quantico, VA
(b) South Carolina
(c) Pismo Beach
(d) Da Nang

5. What is the name Cannonball's mother is known as back home?
(a) Fat Lady Washington
(b) Drunk Lady Washington
(c) Junk Lady Washington
(d) Crazy Lady Washington

Short Answer Questions

1. What do four hippies sitting outside a restaurant call Gilliland?

2. How does Goodrich feel after his tirade about Hodges?

3. What is one of the first things the men ask Hodges to do when they see him?

4. What are Snake and the other men so excited about as they travel from the helicopter pad?

5. Why are the villagers told they have to keep walking even after Hodges says that he will transport them to the resettlement village in a Medevac?

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