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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bagger do before he leaves for war?
(a) He spends the night with his parents.
(b) He marries his pregnant girlfriend.
(c) He spends the night alone, regretting his decision.
(d) He has a party with his buddies.

2. Chapter 21 What is Snake's reaction at seeing Ogre and Baby Cakes again?
(a) He is elated.
(b) He is annoyed.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He doesn't care.

3. Before Snake enlists in the Marines, what type of tattoo does he get?
(a) A skull encircled with two snakes that reads "Death before Dishonor"
(b) An evil clown
(c) A tattoo that says, MOM
(d) An eagle and an American flag

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

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

6. Chapter 14 What is Gilliland looking forward to after his ten years of military service?
(a) Joining the police force
(b) Working as a private detective
(c) Rest and relaxation
(d) Travelling across the USA

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

8. What changes Hodges' mind about being excited to be in the war?
(a) He is slightly injured as he lies on his cot.
(b) He is not assigned to the unit he wanted.
(c) The severed hand of a soldier lands near him when a bomb goes off fifty feet from his cot.
(d) He doesn't like being in the jungle.

9. Chapter 11 What do Speedy, Smitty, Senator, and Burgie witness as they lie beyond the barbed wire for their LP watch?
(a) The enemy opens fire on the northern compound.
(b) The enemy runs into the jungle.
(c) A woman pulled from her hooch and killed by the enemy.
(d) A boy is killed by a grenade.

10. What do four hippies sitting outside a restaurant call Gilliland?
(a) Baby Killer
(b) War Monger
(c) Coward
(d) Killing Machine

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

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

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

14. What is the plan Senator devises to make him sick enough to go for treatment to the Battalion Aid Station?
(a) He eats rotten food hoping to get food poisoning.
(b) He hopes to get an infection from rubbing jam into his gook sores.
(c) He decides to shoot off a toe.
(d) He plans to break his finger.

15. What does Snake tell Goodrich to keep his mouth shut about?
(a) Killing a fellow Marine by accident
(b) Killing an enemy who surrendered
(c) Killing a child and woman
(d) Killing the old man and woman and burying them.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the Reverend's view on racism?

4. What does Dan give a mamasan to give to her children?

5. Chapter 15 Why does Dan leave his family to fight in the war?

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