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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Snake and the other men so excited about as they travel from the helicopter pad?
(a) Four days off in Hanoi
(b) Returning to the jungle
(c) The large number of the enemy they have killed
(d) Four days off in An Hoa

2. Why is Hodges irritated with the way his friend describes the deaths of certain Marines?
(a) He cries while he talks about it.
(b) He says a prayer after telling of each death.
(c) He treats them like textbook deaths.
(d) He gets more emotional with each description.

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

4. What does Senator believe Snake would have thought about his speech?
(a) He thinks Snake would have beaten him for it.
(b) He thinks Snake would have shaken his head in disgust.
(c) He thinks Snake would have been proud of him.
(d) He thinks Snake would have spit at him.

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

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

7. 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) He tells Goodrich the enemy is using them as bait.
(d) The enemy is afraid of Snake's men.

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

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

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 agrees with him.
(c) The Sergeant sympathizes with him.
(d) The Sergeant beats him.

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

12. What is Hodges' reaction to his friend after talking to him for awhile?
(a) His friend will never make it out of Vietnam.
(b) His friend will lose his mind in the war.
(c) They have nothing in common.
(d) They are very much alike.

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

14. What do the Marines need to do as a result of Goodrich's statement about murder?
(a) An article 27 investigation
(b) An article 38 investigation
(c) An article 75 investigation
(d) An article 32 investigation

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kersey's reply when Hodges asks him if there is somewhere his men can hold up until the fighting starts?

2. How do people react to Hitoshi when he is out in public?

3. What is Goodrich's response to the family gathering his parents planned for him?

4. What does the letter that Bagger takes off a dead enemy soldier reveal?

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

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