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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hodges' reaction to Goodrich's insults?
(a) He is not bothered by it.
(b) He is angry and ready for a fight.
(c) He is amused.
(d) He is silently livid.

2. What does Goodrich do after a few months back home?
(a) He goes to visit friends across country.
(b) He gets a job in a hospital.
(c) He gets a job at a gas station.
(d) He returns to Harvard.

3. How does Snake make it over to Goodrich?
(a) He crawls slowly to Goodrich.
(b) He runs and fires his rifle at the same time.
(c) He makes a running dive for the mound where Goodrich is hiding.
(d) He walks to Goodrich, oblivious to enemy fire.

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

5. 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 gets more emotional with each description.
(d) He treats them like textbook deaths.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What is the duty the men are leaving for when they climb into the truck?
(a) Searching for booby traps
(b) Sand bag duty
(c) Rescue a POW
(d) Rear patrol

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What advice does Goodrich give to his friend Mark who arrives from Canada after evading the draft?

3. Where does Sergeant Sadler expect the enemy to attack?

4. What are the men wearing as they gather in the road to get in the convoy headed for battle?

5. What becomes of Snake as he carries Goodrich toward Hodges?

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