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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is guiding the remnants of the platoon in the cemetery?
(a) Cannonball
(b) Sadler
(c) Kersey
(d) Bagger

4. What does Snake's mother think about as she holds his letters in her hand?
(a) She thinks about what she will wear when she meets the President.
(b) She thinks about how her neighbors will be envious when she meets the President.
(c) She wonders if Ronnie's friends will come to visit.
(d) She wonders what she will say to the newspaper reporters.

5. What do Dan's and his men do after being overrun by the NVC?
(a) Run into the bush
(b) Blow themselves up rather than be caught.
(c) Surrender
(d) Fight to the death

6. Where has Hodges been recovering from his wounds?
(a) A Vietnamese hospital
(b) A Chinese hospital
(c) Back in the States
(d) A Japanese hospital

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

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

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

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

11. Why can Dan never forgive the VC?
(a) They took his livestock and rice paddies.
(b) They killed his parents.
(c) They took his family, his land, and his life.
(d) They burned his home.

12. 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 sends them to the mess hall.
(d) Kersey shows Hodges where a dry tent is located.

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

14. As Snake sees the mountains in the distance, what does he think about himself?
(a) He is lost to the world.
(b) He is a master of a violent world.
(c) He will never fit into this world.
(d) He is alone in the world.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Goodrich tell about the scene when his platoon found Baby Cakes and Ogre?

2. Why does Snake send Goodrich's team to investigate along the tree line?

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

4. What saves Senator from being riddled with bullets?

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

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