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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Bobby stationed while he awaits to leave for Vietnam?
(a) North Carolina
(b) Hiroshima
(c) Virginia
(d) Okinawa

2. What does Snake do when he sees the new recruits?
(a) He gives them nicknames.
(b) He gives them some hot stew.
(c) He introduces them to everyone.
(d) He salutes them.

3. Who gives Gilliland a ride part of the way to meet his wife?
(a) An anti-war activist
(b) A religious family
(c) An old buddy
(d) An ex-Marine

4. When Dan surrenders to the Marines, what position do they offer him?
(a) Truck driver
(b) Machine gunner
(c) Kit Carson Scout
(d) Sniper

5. What does Snake's mother find so frustrating about her son?
(a) He never comes home.
(b) He is a high school dropout, fights all the time, and carries hatred in his heart.
(c) He dropped out of college.
(d) He is a college graduate with no job.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Major Otto tell Hodges about Arizona Valley?

2. Who makes snide comments about the Chaplain who is leading a memorial service for the fallen men?

3. What do four hippies sitting outside a restaurant call Gilliland?

4. What is the name Cannonball's mother is known as back home?

5. What is the worst enemy abuse that Goodrich remembers seeing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Snake give Goodrich the nickname, Senator?

2. What does Hodges consider unfair when he confronts the enemy in the village?

3. Why do the men tease Bagger when the song, "These Eyes" plays on the radio?

4. What problems does Cannonball encounter in boot camp and Vietnam?

5. Describe Dan's family and what becomes of them?

6. What does Bobby Hodges awaken to his first night in Vietnam?

7. What do Snake, Cannonball, Senator, Bagger, and Cat Man find when they go to look for the missing men?

8. How does Angus Austin become wounded?

9. What does Major Otto tell Hodges about the bush?

10. Explain the circumstances when Bagger enlists in the Marines.

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