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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What wound does Goodrich sustain?
(a) A stomach shot
(b) His leg is gone.
(c) His arm is gone.
(d) A shot through the shoulder

5. How do people react to Hitoshi when he is out in public?
(a) They bow to him.
(b) They honor him because he is half American.
(c) They offer him gifts.
(d) They stare at him and tease him.

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

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

8. What does Hodges' seven year old son believe his father did?
(a) He believes his father will come back for him.
(b) He believes his father was a traitor.
(c) He believes his father was a coward.
(d) He believes Hodges went back to America, abandoning him and Mitsuko.

9. Where do Hodges' men take position?
(a) Along the perimeter of a paddy
(b) In the hills
(c) In a nearby bunker
(d) Up river

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What story would Ronnie's mother like to hear from him?

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

3. Where does Mitsuko take Hitoshi to help him understand his past?

4. What does Snake do after he gives the news to Bugs?

5. What is in the letter that Snake's Captain sends to his mother?

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