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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. Chapter 16 Where do black men go to talk about racism and an unjust world?
(a) The commander's tent
(b) The chapel
(c) In the trenches
(d) The Black Shack

2. What does Cat Man believe he is meant to do?
(a) Join the Marines
(b) Move back to his native country
(c) Live a life of crime
(d) Go back to school

3. What is Hodges thinking as he watches his men dying in Arizona Valley?
(a) He has to figure out a way home.
(b) He will ask to be reassigned.
(c) He will be in Arizona Valley the next day.
(d) He will design a plan to go AWOL.

4. Chapter 11 What do Speedy, Smitty, Senator, and Burgie witness as they lie beyond the barbed wire for their LP watch?
(a) The enemy opens fire on the northern compound.
(b) A boy is killed by a grenade.
(c) The enemy runs into the jungle.
(d) A woman pulled from her hooch and killed by the enemy.

5. What condition are Ogre and Baby Cakes in when they are found?
(a) They were both shot in the forehead.
(b) They were hanged from a tree.
(c) They were stabbed.
(d) They were beaten to death.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 15 Why does Dan leave his family to fight in the war?

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

3. Why were Bobby and his father named after Robert E. Lee?

4. What is the Reverend's view on racism?

5. Chapter 23 What does Hodges remember about the North Vietnamese when he sees Cat Man near a banana tree?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Gilliland reach Pismo Beach to meet his wife after being discharged from the Marines?

3. What is the Black Shack used for?

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

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

6. What does Bagger explain to his Marine buddies when he gets back from R&R?

7. What is the main reason Ronnie enlists in the Marines?

8. What unreasonable expectations does Angus Austin expect from the men?

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

10. What kind of childhood did Phony experience?

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