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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 is Goodrich afraid to go to the flatlands?
(a) He is afraid of anything new.
(b) He is afraid of snakes in the elephant grass.
(c) He is afraid of deadly insects in the tall grass.
(d) He has heard stories that a man can step on an ambusher before he sees him.

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

3. Why doesn't Hodges want to give food to the woman who asks for food for her child?
(a) Hodges says that there isn't enough food to go around.
(b) Hodges says that the hungry child is better off dead.
(c) Hodges hates everyone in Vietnam.
(d) Hodges says that it will go to the VC.

4. How did Phony act in order to survive at the Federal narcotics farm?
(a) He acted like a leader.
(b) He acted scared and innocent.
(c) He was smarter than everyone else.
(d) He became aggressive.

5. Where is Goodrich attending college when he decides to enlist in the Marines?
(a) MIT
(b) Suffolk University
(c) Boston University
(d) Harvard

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is hit as Snake's company has point patrol in Go Noi?

2. Chapter 6 Why is Hodges envious of the men he meets in the bush?

3. Chapter 11 What do Speedy, Smitty, Senator, and Burgie witness as they lie beyond the barbed wire for their LP watch?

4. What is the one thing that Austin tells Hodges he won't tolerate?

5. Why does Sadler decide to dismantle the old bomb buried in the dirt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Snake argue with Austin's order to send a platoon on the other side of the wire at the tree line for LP?

2. What does Gilliland tell Hodges about the attitude of the civilians back in the States?

3. Why does Goodrich want to join Bagger's team?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What kind of childhood did Phony experience?

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