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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Snake make it over to Goodrich?
(a) He runs and fires his rifle at the same time.
(b) He makes a running dive for the mound where Goodrich is hiding.
(c) He crawls slowly to Goodrich.
(d) He walks to Goodrich, oblivious to enemy fire.

2. What is Goodrich offered after he writes a report about the killing of the man and woman?
(a) He will be discharged.
(b) He will be removed from his company.
(c) He will be sent back to the World.
(d) He will be stationed outside of Vietnam.

3. How long do Hodges' men have to wait in the field before the fighting begins?
(a) Six hours
(b) Eight hours
(c) Two hours
(d) Three hours

4. What does Hodges' friend ask him before he leaves?
(a) He asks if Hodges thinks they can win the war.
(b) He asks Hodges if they can meet again.
(c) He asks Hodges if he is afraid.
(d) He asks Hodges if he regrets enlisting.

5. What is the plan the Colonel tells the officers at the Regimental Command Center?
(a) The plan is to charge into the village.
(b) The plan is to gather for a full scale assault.
(c) The plan is to stay hidden for ambush.
(d) The plan is to run a large scale sweep and block.

6. What is Goodrich's view of bush justice?
(a) He feels that it is just the way of war.
(b) He feels that they are justified in killing the Vietnamese.
(c) He doesn't like it but he will participate.
(d) He believes they have no right to play God.

7. What is the result of Goodrich's sworn statement about the murders of the man and woman that he turned over to Regimental Legal Officer?
(a) The case is ongoing.
(b) Snake is cleared of charges.
(c) The case is dropped.
(d) Snake is denied his Medal of Honor.

8. What shocking news does Snake reveal to Bugs?
(a) Snake is sick and dying.
(b) Snake is planning on going AWOL.
(c) Snake is going to extend his stay in Vietnam.
(d) Snake is getting a dishonorable discharge.

9. What happens to Hodges as the helicopters arrive to carry the wounded to safety?
(a) He loses consciousness.
(b) He is shot in the foot.
(c) He is wounded in the thigh.
(d) Hot metal rips through his side.

10. What does Snake's mother wonder as she looks at Ronnie's Boot Camp picture?
(a) She wonders what Snake's last words were.
(b) She wonders when his medal will come.
(c) She wonders why he was taken from her.
(d) She wonders if Snake suffered.

11. How does Cat Man feel as the helicopter flies away?
(a) He feels like a killing machine.
(b) He feels like a wild animal.
(c) He feels like an abandoned child.
(d) He feels like a walking dead man.

12. Why is Bagger so annoyed with the truck driver?
(a) The driver is Vietnamese.
(b) The driver is ridiculing them because they have to do the work.
(c) The driver is not helping with the work, but napping in the truck.
(d) The driver keeps making annoying sounds.

13. Hodges meets an old friend from school in the mess hall. What school is his friend from?
(a) Basic School platoon
(b) High School
(c) Kindergarten
(d) Junior High

14. What is the duty the men are leaving for when they climb into the truck?
(a) Sand bag duty
(b) Rescue a POW
(c) Rear patrol
(d) Searching for booby traps

15. Why is Jones sent back to the World?
(a) A leg wound
(b) An abdominal wound
(c) Hemorrhoids
(d) Insanity

Short Answer Questions

1. What story would Ronnie's mother like to hear from him?

2. What does Hodges plan to do when he meets Mitsuko's parents?

3. What is Senator thinking as he searches the tree line?

4. What is the purpose of Operation Lam Son 719?

5. How long does Snake have left to serve in Vietnam?

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