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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 20 Where is Gilliland meeting his wife on his last day as a Marine?
(a) South Carolina
(b) Quantico, VA
(c) Da Nang
(d) Pismo Beach

2. What does Cannonball need to help digest all the changes taking place in the black community?
(a) He needs his mother's advice.
(b) He needs his fellow brother's defiant words.
(c) He needs the Reverend's words every Sunday.
(d) He needs his father's strict hand.

3. What is Cannonball's reaction to Homicide's comments about fighting a white man's war?
(a) Cannonball feels betrayed.
(b) Cannonball agrees.
(c) Cannonball becomes furious.
(d) Cannonball attacks his friend.

4. How does Cat Man get his nickname?
(a) He is named Cat Man because his laugh sounds like a cat's meow.
(b) He is named Cat Man because he prowls the night silently.
(c) He is named Cat Man because he purrs after he eats.
(d) He is named Cat Man because he sees things that others don't notice.

5. Chapter 13 What is a sign that the enemy is near?
(a) The birds begin to screech.
(b) The water bulls disappear from the fields
(c) The fields are silent.
(d) The smell of human sweat is in the air.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the villagers told they have to keep walking even after Hodges says that he will transport them to the resettlement village in a Medevac?

2. What does Snake's mother find so frustrating about her son?

3. What condition are Ogre and Baby Cakes in when they are found?

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

5. Chapter 1 What does Snake do when he encounters Smack-man?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Angus Austin become wounded?

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

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

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

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

6. What are the villagers carrying as they approach Hodges and his men?

7. What does Speed suggest to Senator when Senator asks where he should go to resign from the Marines?

8. What kind of childhood did Phony experience?

9. Why does Cannonball decide to join the Marines instead of the Army?

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

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