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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Goodrich's response to the family gathering his parents planned for him?
(a) He appreciates the gesture.
(b) He says that he now knows what his wake will be like.
(c) He is happy to have the distractions of company.
(d) He cries with emotion.

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

3. How long does Snake have left to serve in Vietnam?
(a) Forty-seven days
(b) Thirty days
(c) Twenty-one days
(d) Fourteen days

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

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

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

7. What does Hodges read into the look that Kersey gives him about the attack on the OP?
(a) I'm sorry.
(b) I'm afraid.
(c) I'm willing to help.
(d) It's your war, not mine.

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

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

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

11. 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) Surrender
(d) Blow themselves up rather than be caught.

12. What does the letter that Bagger takes off a dead enemy soldier reveal?
(a) The dead man has five children and is asking to be relieved of his war duties.
(b) It is a letter to his mother.
(c) The dead man asks his sweetheart to marry him.
(d) It is a letter to his children.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Goodrich pour out the agony he has felt for months?

2. What does a Vietnamese boy offer to sell to the soldiers as they work?

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

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

5. What does Snake do in order to bring Senator out of shock and lessen the bleeding?

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