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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Major Otto ask Hodges when they meet in the commander's tent?
(a) He asks Hodges how long he has been on tour.
(b) He asks if Hodges is ready for the bush.
(c) He asks Hodges how many friends he has lost.
(d) He asks Hodges if he regrets joining the Marines.

2. Chapter 17 Why does a new trench hole have to be dug by the Marines rather than their using an old trench hole?
(a) The old hole is unsafe and likely to cave in.
(b) The old hole is usually rancid from overuse.
(c) The old hole could be booby-trapped or known by the enemy.
(d) It is bad luck to use an old hole.

3. What happens as Waterbull sits under his hooch looking at a picture?
(a) He starts to cry as he thinks of home.
(b) He is attacked by the enemy and shot three times.
(c) A grenade is thrown into his hooch.
(d) He is bitten by a poisonous snake.

4. Who goes to look for Baby Cakes and Ogre when they disappear?
(a) Senator, Cat Man, and Sadler
(b) Cannonball and Sadler
(c) Senator, Sadler, and Bagger
(d) Snake, Cannonball, Senator, Bagger, and Cat Man

5. What does Major Otto tell Hodges about Arizona Valley?
(a) There is no hot food, no clean clothes, and blood and guts every day.
(b) It is one of the quiet spots in the jungle.
(c) It is hidden from the enemy.
(d) It's not as bad as everyone says.

6. What news does the patrol read about in a newspaper from home?
(a) They read about riots on the streets.
(b) They read about the first man on the moon.
(c) They read about war protesters in Washington, D.C.
(d) They read about more men being sent to Vietnam for duty.

7. 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 Snake Ground.
(d) They refer to it as the Mile Wide Death Fields.

8. Chapter 24 Where is Cat Man's native home?
(a) Mexico
(b) Venezuela
(c) Puerto Rico
(d) Canada

9. Who denies access to Bagger when he wants to see his friend, Homicide?
(a) Rap Jones
(b) Cannonball
(c) Austin
(d) Snake

10. Who gives Gilliland a ride part of the way to meet his wife?
(a) An old buddy
(b) An anti-war activist
(c) A religious family
(d) An ex-Marine

11. What happens to Austin as he dives to the ground to check on the bunkers?
(a) Austin breaks his arm in the fall.
(b) Austin's foot is blown off.
(c) Austin is hit by enemy fire.
(d) Phony launches a grenade near Austin.

12. How do the civilians in America treat Gilliland when he returns home wearing his uniform?
(a) They treat him like a hero.
(b) They pity him.
(c) They treat him with respect.
(d) They look at him like he is an animal.

13. What does Roland decide to do when he receives his draft notice?
(a) Join the Marines
(b) Go to Canada
(c) Join the Navy
(d) Join the Army

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

15. Why does Goodrich decide to be in Bagger's team?
(a) Goodrich doesn't get along with anyone on his own team.
(b) Goodrich is going to make Bagger toughen up.
(c) Goodrich wants to harass Bagger.
(d) Goodrich feels he and Bagger are alike.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Phony join the Marines?

3. How did Phony act in order to survive at the Federal narcotics farm?

4. What does Goodrich plan to do when he gets into the Marines?

5. Chapter 14 What is Gilliland looking forward to after his ten years of military service?

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