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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Snake think the enemy won't kill them?
(a) The enemy is afraid of an air assault.
(b) The enemy is out of ammunition.
(c) The enemy is afraid of Snake's men.
(d) He tells Goodrich the enemy is using them as bait.

2. Where do Hodges' men take position?
(a) In a nearby bunker
(b) In the hills
(c) Up river
(d) Along the perimeter of a paddy

3. What does Bagger tell Hodges as they sit together on his cot?
(a) He feels something bad is going to happen.
(b) He thinks he might kill himself.
(c) He feels protected by some unknown force.
(d) He thinks Goodrich is a traitor.

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

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

6. What is Goodrich told about the killing of the Vietnamese man and woman?
(a) Goodrich can have his friends convicted.
(b) Goodrich did not see it happen, so there is no evidence.
(c) Goodrich is a good soldier for divulging the details of the murders.
(d) Goodrich will get an honorable discharge to keep him safe.

7. What does Hodges plan to do when he meets Mitsuko's parents?
(a) He plans to threaten them if they don't agree to give Mitsuko to him.
(b) He plans to offer them a bribe for Mitsuko's hand in marriage.
(c) He plans to get their blessing to marry Mitsuko.
(d) He plans to force them to give Mitsuko to him.

8. What advice does Goodrich give to his friend Mark who arrives from Canada after evading the draft?
(a) He tells Mark to stay in Canada.
(b) He tells Mark he should surrender.
(c) He tells Mark to change his name.
(d) He tells Mark to live with the underground.

9. Who is Hodges surprised to see get off the supply chopper?
(a) Snake
(b) A Major General
(c) First Lieutenant Kersey
(d) Cannonball

10. What story would Ronnie's mother like to hear from him?
(a) How he killed the man and woman who shot his friends.
(b) How he tried so hard to come home.
(c) How he disagreed with Kersey's decisions.
(d) How he jumped in front of so many guns to save his friend.

11. What does Hodges read into the look that Kersey gives him about the attack on the OP?
(a) I'm afraid.
(b) I'm sorry.
(c) It's your war, not mine.
(d) I'm willing to help.

12. What is Senator thinking as he searches the tree line?
(a) He fears that hundreds of the enemy are waiting to kill them.
(b) He hopes he gets wounded.
(c) He thinks it is a waste of time.
(d) He thinks about returning to Harvard.

13. What is Hodges so excited about as he looks through the fog?
(a) He sees reinforcements arriving.
(b) He sees American tanks headed their way.
(c) A North Vietnamese Regiment is trapped by his men.
(d) He sees the North Vietnamese Regiment surrendering.

14. What is Kersey's reply when Hodges asks him if there is somewhere his men can hold up until the fighting starts?
(a) Kersey invites the men to stay with him.
(b) Kersey tells Hodges that he is not running a hotel.
(c) Kersey shows Hodges where a dry tent is located.
(d) Kersey sends them to the mess hall.

15. How do people react to Hitoshi when he is out in public?
(a) They stare at him and tease him.
(b) They bow to him.
(c) They offer him gifts.
(d) They honor him because he is half American.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Snake do in order to bring Senator out of shock and lessen the bleeding?

2. What does Hodges notice in his friend's eyes?

3. What does Snake do after he gives the news to Bugs?

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

5. What is the condition of Snake's mother's home?

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