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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Hodges thinking as he watches his men dying in Arizona Valley?
(a) He will be in Arizona Valley the next day.
(b) He has to figure out a way home.
(c) He will ask to be reassigned.
(d) He will design a plan to go AWOL.

3. What does Bagger realize after he goes home to his wife and child for some R&R?
(a) He wishes he could stay home.
(b) He wants to spend every minute with his child.
(c) He wishes he never joined the Marines.
(d) He feels more comfortable in the bush.

4. Why does Phony join the Marines?
(a) He wants to atone for his bad decisions.
(b) He wants to serve his country.
(c) He will come out of the military with a clean record.
(d) He wants to be a hero.

5. What is the extent of Vitelli's injuries?
(a) He is shot in the neck.
(b) He is shot in the foot.
(c) He has shrapnel in the abdomen.
(d) He has a lethal shot to the chest.

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

7. What takes place while Boomer and Gilliland inspect the Vietnamese soldier who is dressed like a mamasan?
(a) The disguised soldier shoots himself.
(b) A booby trap blows up and Boomer loses both his legs.
(c) The disguised soldier is shot by another Vietnamese soldier.
(d) The disguised soldier shoots Boomer in the legs.

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

9. How many of the four men on first watch at LP duty survive the night?
(a) All four
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) One

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

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

12. What does Cat Man do after he quits school at sixteen?
(a) He sells drugs on the street.
(b) He robs a gas station.
(c) He goes to work in the fields.
(d) He marries his high school sweetheart.

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

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

15. 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 drug use.
(d) He won't tolerate a Marine out of uniform and unshaved.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 6 Why is Hodges envious of the men he meets in the bush?

2. Chapter 13 What is a sign that the enemy is near?

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

4. What does Cat Man believe he is meant to do?

5. What does Major Otto tell Hodges about Arizona Valley?

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