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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the Reverend's view on racism?
(a) Blacks are better than whites.
(b) The human race is the only race.
(c) Defy the white man whenever possible.
(d) Be subservient to the white man.

5. What news does the patrol read about in a newspaper from home?
(a) They read about the first man on the moon.
(b) They read about more men being sent to Vietnam for duty.
(c) They read about riots on the streets.
(d) They read about war protesters in Washington, D.C.

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

7. Chapter 1 What does Snake do when he encounters Smack-man?
(a) He kicks him furiously in the head.
(b) He buys dope from him.
(c) He threatens him with a knife.
(d) He sells dope to him.

8. What does Major Otto ask Hodges when they meet in the commander's tent?
(a) He asks Hodges if he regrets joining the Marines.
(b) He asks if Hodges is ready for the bush.
(c) He asks Hodges how many friends he has lost.
(d) He asks Hodges how long he has been on tour.

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

10. Chapter 2 What is the reason that Bobby Hodges enlists in the armed forces?
(a) He is carrying on the family tradition of fighting for his country.
(b) He is trying to escape a petty crime.
(c) He doesn't know what else to do with his life.
(d) His mother convinces him to go.

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

12. Why are the villagers told they have to keep walking even after Hodges says that he will transport them to the resettlement village in a Medevac?
(a) He is refused transport.
(b) The villagers refuse the transport.
(c) He can't be bothered and changes his mind.
(d) The resettlement village is supposedly full.

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

14. Which member of Snake's platoon loses his leg?
(a) Flaky
(b) Corky
(c) Baby Cakes
(d) Kerlovic

15. 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 anything new.
(d) He is afraid of snakes in the elephant grass.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Chapter 11 What do Speedy, Smitty, Senator, and Burgie witness as they lie beyond the barbed wire for their LP watch?

3. Chapter 20 Where is Gilliland meeting his wife on his last day as a Marine?

4. What is Goodrich's strength as he sits contemplating after the battle?

5. When Dan surrenders to the Marines, what position do they offer him?

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