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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Roland learn after he is in the military?
(a) Buddies protect buddies in the military.
(b) Everyone is on equal standing in the military.
(c) The black men in the military are hate machines.
(d) There is no white or black in the military.

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

3. What does Dan give a mamasan to give to her children?
(a) A wooden car he whittled
(b) Three cans of C-ration meat
(c) A chocolate bar
(d) A can of fruit

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

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

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

7. What does Austin rip off Phony's back?
(a) Phony's rifle
(b) Phony's bed roll
(c) Phony's backpack
(d) Phony's shirt with a peace sign on it

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

9. What is Goodrich's strength as he sits contemplating after the battle?
(a) His happy memories of home
(b) Memories of his girlfriend
(c) The ghosts of his past
(d) The men in his unit

10. Chapter 15 Why does Dan leave his family to fight in the war?
(a) He takes his fallen brother's place in the war.
(b) He feels it is his duty.
(c) He does it to protect his family.
(d) He needs the weekly income.

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

12. Chapter 3 Where is Hodges processed and briefed?
(a) An Hoa
(b) Okinawa
(c) Da Nang
(d) Hiroshima

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

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

15. Chapter 13 What is a sign that the enemy is near?
(a) The birds begin to screech.
(b) The water bulls disappear from the fields
(c) The smell of human sweat is in the air.
(d) The fields are silent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bagger do before he leaves for war?

3. What news does the patrol read about in a newspaper from home?

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

5. Who denies access to Bagger when he wants to see his friend, Homicide?

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