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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Waterbull tell the troop in his letter from home?
(a) No one understands him at home
(b) He is getting married.
(c) He is glad to out of that hell hole.
(d) He is a home town hero.

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

6. What happens to Hodges as he hears a puff to his left?
(a) He is shot in the shoulder.
(b) He is shot in the face.
(c) He is shot in the neck.
(d) He is shot in the leg.

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

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

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

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

11. What is Snake's reply to Kersey's order to move the men?
(a) He tells his men to move to the paddy.
(b) He defies the order outright.
(c) He pushes Kersey to the ground.
(d) Snake won't move the men until he hears it from the Lieutenant.

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

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

14. What does Hodges notice in his friend's eyes?
(a) Wonderment
(b) Nonchalance
(c) Terror
(d) Innocence and curiousity

15. What does Snake believe about his time in Vietnam?
(a) Vietnam is his hell on earth.
(b) Snake believes it was a waste of part of his life.
(c) Nothing he could ever do in life would equal his time served in Vietnam.
(d) Snake believes he lost his innocence in Vietnam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hodges read into the look that Kersey gives him about the attack on the OP?

2. As Snake sees the mountains in the distance, what does he think about himself?

3. What is the duty the men are leaving for when they climb into the truck?

4. Hodges meets an old friend from school in the mess hall. What school is his friend from?

5. What do Dan's and his men do after being overrun by the NVC?

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