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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Hodges think about his situation as the enemy begins bombing?
(a) He thinks that he was meant to be a chaplain.
(b) He thinks that he was bred to be a warrior.
(c) He thinks that he was never meant to be in this war.
(d) He thinks that he was meant to be a peace keeper.

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

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

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

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

8. What prevents Snake's two teams from advancing to help Senator's team?
(a) The enemy fires a machine gun at the teams.
(b) The enemy uses flame throwers to drive the teams back.
(c) The enemy throws a barrage of grenades at them.
(d) The enemy fires tear gas crystals at them.

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

10. What are the men wearing as they gather in the road to get in the convoy headed for battle?
(a) They are fully burdened with guns and ammunition.
(b) They are travelling light.
(c) They are carrying only their rifles.
(d) They have no weapons until they reach their destination.

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

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

13. Who does Goodrich tell about the scene when his platoon found Baby Cakes and Ogre?
(a) The Four Star General
(b) The Sergeant Major
(c) The Regimental Legal Officer
(d) The Commanding Officer

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Goodrich offered after he writes a report about the killing of the man and woman?

3. What is Snake's reply to Kersey's order to move the men?

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

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

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