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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the worst enemy abuse that Goodrich remembers seeing?
(a) Food is taken away from a Vietnamese woman and child
(b) Two Vietnamese soldiers thrown into a pit of bodies
(c) A Vietnamese soldier is shot in the knee and thrown in the water.
(d) Two Vietnamese soldiers, scorched from head to foot and blinded, come to the camp to surrender.

2. Chapter 22 How many of Bagger's football team joined the Marines at the same time?
(a) Two
(b) Eight
(c) Four
(d) Six

3. What is the one thing that Austin tells Hodges he won't tolerate?
(a) He won't tolerate vulgar language.
(b) He won't tolerate cowardice.
(c) He won't tolerate a Marine out of uniform and unshaved.
(d) He won't tolerate drug use.

4. How is Big Mac killed?
(a) He is hit by friendly fire.
(b) He falls in a raging river.
(c) He is shot by a sniper.
(d) He sets off a booby trap.

5. Why doesn't Baby Cakes want Ogre with him?
(a) Ogre almost got him shot earlier.
(b) Ogre never shuts up.
(c) Ogre has annoying habits.
(d) Ogre can't be trusted.

6. What does Goodrich plan to do when he gets into the Marines?
(a) Work on jets
(b) Be a medic
(c) Be an infantryman
(d) Play in the Marine Band

7. Where do Snake and Hodges plan to ambush next?
(a) Arizona Valley
(b) Nam An Two
(c) Phu Phong
(d) Da Nang

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

9. Chapter 9 What type of man is Angus Austin, the new Platoon Sergeant?
(a) He is humorless, dry voiced, and old for thirty one.
(b) He is aggressive and mean spirited.
(c) He is funny and exuberant.
(d) He is friendly, mild, and child-like.

10. How do the Marines refer to Go Noi?
(a) They refer to it as the Mile Wide Killer Fields.
(b) They refer to it as the Elephant Grassland.
(c) They refer to it as the Mile Wide Death Fields.
(d) They refer to it as Snake Ground.

11. Which member of Snake's platoon loses his leg?
(a) Corky
(b) Baby Cakes
(c) Flaky
(d) Kerlovic

12. Chapter 6 Why is Hodges envious of the men he meets in the bush?
(a) They have never faced the enemy in battle.
(b) They have plenty of food and water.
(c) They faced the enemy and prevailed.
(d) They are leaving for home in one week.

13. Who makes snide comments about the Chaplain who is leading a memorial service for the fallen men?
(a) Senator, Snake, and Flaky
(b) Senator, Cat Man, and Flaky
(c) Snake, Cat Man, and Flaky
(d) Senator, Bagger, and Ottenburger

14. Why does Sadler decide to dismantle the old bomb buried in the dirt?
(a) The bomb might explode and kill an American platoon.
(b) The enemy uses old bombs for ammunition.
(c) Sadler doesn't want innocent women and children near the bomb.
(d) Sadler's platoon needs extra ammunition.

15. What does Cannonball do to get out on the Medevac?
(a) He cuts off his thumb.
(b) He frags himself in the buttocks.
(c) He shoots himself in the leg.
(d) He eats rotten food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Snake's mother find so frustrating about her son?

2. Before Snake enlists in the Marines, what type of tattoo does he get?

3. What does Austin rip off Phony's back?

4. What does Roland decide to do when he receives his draft notice?

5. Chapter 23 What does Hodges remember about the North Vietnamese when he sees Cat Man near a banana tree?

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