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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. Why does Phony join the Marines?
(a) He wants to serve his country.
(b) He wants to be a hero.
(c) He wants to atone for his bad decisions.
(d) He will come out of the military with a clean record.

2. What does Roland learn after he is in the military?
(a) Everyone is on equal standing in the military.
(b) There is no white or black in the military.
(c) The black men in the military are hate machines.
(d) Buddies protect buddies in the military.

3. Chapter 12 What kind of a childhood did Phony have?
(a) A happy childhood with his parents
(b) A happy childhood in a foster home
(c) An unhappy childhood with his parents
(d) A rough childhood in foster homes

4. What is the extent of Vitelli's injuries?
(a) He has a lethal shot to the chest.
(b) He has shrapnel in the abdomen.
(c) He is shot in the foot.
(d) He is shot in the neck.

5. Chapter 15 Why does Dan leave his family to fight in the war?
(a) He feels it is his duty.
(b) He takes his fallen brother's place in the war.
(c) He needs the weekly income.
(d) He does it to protect his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Snake do when he sees the new recruits?

2. What is Hodges thinking as he watches his men dying in Arizona Valley?

3. What is Goodrich's strength as he sits contemplating after the battle?

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

5. What does Goodrich plan to do when he gets into the Marines?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Senator's college friends find ways to avoid the draft?

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

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

5. Who is wounded during enemy fire in An Hoa?

6. Why do the men always dig new fighting holes, rather than use old holes that they find?

7. Describe the circumstances when Cat Man arrives in America from Mexico?

8. What kind of childhood did Phony experience?

9. Why is Bobby proud to enlist in the Marines?

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

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