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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mitsuko refuse Hodges' marriage proposal?
(a) She says that he needs a tomb before she can marry him.
(b) She considers him the enemy.
(c) She is engaged to someone else.
(d) She doesn't love him.

2. What does a Vietnamese boy offer to sell to the soldiers as they work?
(a) Rice
(b) Tobacco
(c) His sister
(d) Marijuana

3. How many dead men does his friend tell Hodges about?
(a) Five
(b) Two
(c) Seven
(d) Twenty

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

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

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

7. What becomes of Snake as he carries Goodrich toward Hodges?
(a) He is shot with machine gun fire.
(b) He steps on a land mine.
(c) He is accidentally shot by his own men.
(d) He is blasted with a grenade.

8. What does the enemy use as a distraction from the ambush?
(a) A little girl waving at Senator and New Mac
(b) An old woman whimpering in the bushes
(c) An unarmed man marches toward Senator and New Mac.
(d) A grenade thrown nearby

9. What is the Sergeant's reaction to Dan's opinion of the operation?
(a) The Sergeant beats him.
(b) The Sergeant agrees with him.
(c) The Sergeant slaps him in the face.
(d) The Sergeant sympathizes with him.

10. What is announced at the platoon formation?
(a) The nicknames of the new men
(b) The various medals the men will be receiving.
(c) The deployment of the men
(d) The discharge of many of the men

11. Where does Sergeant Sadler expect the enemy to attack?
(a) Hanoi
(b) Arizona
(c) An Hoa
(d) Cambodia

12. 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 why he was taken from her.
(c) She wonders if Snake suffered.
(d) She wonders when his medal will come.

13. Why does Snake send Goodrich's team to investigate along the tree line?
(a) Three gooks were spotted there
(b) Check for booby traps
(c) Look for snipers
(d) See if any civilians are in the area

14. What do the Marines send to Hodges' mother?
(a) A flag, a gold star, and the medals he earned
(b) A letter from his pocket
(c) His old, torn flak jacket
(d) His rifle

15. What is the reaction of Mitsuko's mother at Hodges' marriage proposal?
(a) She says that they should get married that very day.
(b) She says that she will never agree.
(c) She approves.
(d) She says that she will think about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Goodrich feel after his tirade about Hodges?

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

3. What happens to Dan's column when they enter Laos?

4. What does Senator believe Snake would have thought about his speech?

5. What does Bagger tell Hodges as they sit together on his cot?

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