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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Dan's column when they enter Laos?
(a) They are greeted by friendly civilians.
(b) They are shelled for a full day.
(c) They are invited to stay in the village.
(d) Children offer them food.

2. How long does Snake have left to serve in Vietnam?
(a) Thirty days
(b) Twenty-one days
(c) Fourteen days
(d) Forty-seven days

3. What is it called when helicopters drop aviation fuel into the rice seed beds?
(a) Operation Rice Wipe Out
(b) Operation Enemy Denial
(c) Operation Rice Denial
(d) Operation Dead Seed

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

5. What does Goodrich see hanging from a helicopter that is passing above him?
(a) A net with extra food rations
(b) A net with four living men and four dead men hanging from it
(c) A net with Vietcong prisoners
(d) A net with more ammunition

6. Where has Hodges been recovering from his wounds?
(a) Back in the States
(b) A Japanese hospital
(c) A Chinese hospital
(d) A Vietnamese hospital

7. What is in the letter that Snake's Captain sends to his mother?
(a) The Captain says that Snake always talked about his mother.
(b) The Captain says that he is recommending Snake for the Medal of Honor.
(c) The Captain says that Snake missed his home
(d) The Captain says that Snake was buried in the bush.

8. What type of terrain is the Arizona shore the Marines climb onto from the chest high river?
(a) The shore is mud and sand.
(b) The shore is mountainous.
(c) The shore is all flatland.
(d) The shore is full of craters and shattered trees.

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

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

11. How does Goodrich pour out the agony he has felt for months?
(a) He cries on Hodges' shoulder.
(b) He smashes everything in his tent.
(c) He plays the guitar and sings every anti-war song he can think of.
(d) He screams loudly into the night.

12. What saves Senator from being riddled with bullets?
(a) New Mac covers him with return fire.
(b) He crawls into an open grave.
(c) He falls into a crater.
(d) He crawls behind a large tree.

13. How does Mitsuko think of Hodges?
(a) She thinks of him as forgettable.
(b) She thinks of him as a mistake.
(c) She thinks of him as the enemy.
(d) She thinks of him as a beautiful man.

14. What does Senator tell a group of people gathered for an anti-war rally?
(a) He tells them that he would do it all over again.
(b) He tells them that they should be ashamed.
(c) He tells them that he wishes he could apologize to all the people he killed.
(d) He tells them that if he could, he would kill the little girl who caused him to lose his leg.

15. Why doesn't Snake want to follow Kersey's order to set up his men in the paddy?
(a) His men will be mercilessly exposed.
(b) The men are superstitious about the paddy.
(c) It is too wet in the paddy.
(d) There are snakes in the paddy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mitsuko refuse Hodges' marriage proposal?

2. What is one of the first things the men ask Hodges to do when they see him?

3. How does Cat Man feel as the helicopter flies away?

4. What does Snake's mother think about as she holds his letters in her hand?

5. 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?

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