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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Snake do when he sees the new recruits?
(a) He gives them some hot stew.
(b) He salutes them.
(c) He introduces them to everyone.
(d) He gives them nicknames.

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

3. Chapter 7 Who does a great job digging and engineering two holes that Hodges notices?
(a) Flaky
(b) Snake
(c) The Vietnamese enemy
(d) Senator

4. Chapter 5 What does Major Otto have on his arm that he received during his first tour of duty?
(a) A Semper Fi tattoo
(b) A tattoo of his girl friend
(c) A six inch, purple trough from a bone- shattering machine- gun bullet
(d) A tattoo of his mother

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

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

7. Chapter 18 How much more time does Gilliland have to serve in the military?
(a) Two weeks
(b) Two months
(c) Three months
(d) Three weeks

8. Why were Bobby and his father named after Robert E. Lee?
(a) They were given the name because it was tradition to name the children after a war hero.
(b) They were given the name because Bobby's grandfather was a history buff.
(c) They were given the name because Bobby's grandmother was fascinated with Lee.
(d) They were given that name because Robert E. Lee personally thanked Bobby's ancestors for serving in the war.

9. 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.

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

11. Why is Goodrich afraid to go to the flatlands?
(a) He is afraid of deadly insects in the tall grass.
(b) He has heard stories that a man can step on an ambusher before he sees him.
(c) He is afraid of snakes in the elephant grass.
(d) He is afraid of anything new.

12. Chapter 16 Where do black men go to talk about racism and an unjust world?
(a) The Black Shack
(b) The commander's tent
(c) In the trenches
(d) The chapel

13. What do the Marines do with the bodies of Baby Cakes and Ogre?
(a) They leave them behind.
(b) They bury them.
(c) They carry them back to camp on stretchers.
(d) They say a prayer over the bodies.

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

15. Where do the men gather as the sun begins to fall?
(a) They gather around a campfire.
(b) They gather in a jungle hut.
(c) They gather in the Lieutenant's tent.
(d) They gather in small clumps in four man holes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Goodrich attending college when he decides to enlist in the Marines?

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

4. What does Bagger do when he hears the song, These Eyes?

5. Chapter 9 What type of man is Angus Austin, the new Platoon Sergeant?

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