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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Goodrich plan to do when he gets into the Marines?
(a) Be an infantryman
(b) Be a medic
(c) Play in the Marine Band
(d) Work on jets

3. Why doesn't Hodges want to give food to the woman who asks for food for her child?
(a) Hodges says that it will go to the VC.
(b) Hodges says that the hungry child is better off dead.
(c) Hodges says that there isn't enough food to go around.
(d) Hodges hates everyone in Vietnam.

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

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

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

7. 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 the old man and woman and burying them.
(d) Killing a child and woman

8. What condition are Ogre and Baby Cakes in when they are found?
(a) They were both shot in the forehead.
(b) They were beaten to death.
(c) They were stabbed.
(d) They were hanged from a tree.

9. What does Cannonball need to help digest all the changes taking place in the black community?
(a) He needs his mother's advice.
(b) He needs his fellow brother's defiant words.
(c) He needs his father's strict hand.
(d) He needs the Reverend's words every Sunday.

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

11. When Dan surrenders to the Marines, what position do they offer him?
(a) Sniper
(b) Truck driver
(c) Kit Carson Scout
(d) Machine gunner

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

13. Chapter 4 What is the injury that Ogre sustains during enemy fire?
(a) He is grazed across his temple.
(b) He is shot in the shoulder.
(c) His leg is bleeding badly.
(d) His arm is broken.

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

15. What is the name Cannonball's mother is known as back home?
(a) Fat Lady Washington
(b) Drunk Lady Washington
(c) Junk Lady Washington
(d) Crazy Lady Washington

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Speedy offer to give Senator when he says that he wants to resign from the Marines?

3. How many of the four men on first watch at LP duty survive the night?

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

5. Chapter 22 How many of Bagger's football team joined the Marines at the same time?

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