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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. What is the name Cannonball's mother is known as back home?
(a) Junk Lady Washington
(b) Crazy Lady Washington
(c) Drunk Lady Washington
(d) Fat Lady Washington

2. Chapter 19 What is the diagnosis given by Doc Rabbit about the young child who is carried on a stretcher by some villagers?
(a) He will be blinded from his head wound.
(b) He will recover fully.
(c) He will be a vegetable for the rest of his life.
(d) He is sure to die.

3. How does Cat Man get his nickname?
(a) He is named Cat Man because he prowls the night silently.
(b) He is named Cat Man because his laugh sounds like a cat's meow.
(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.

4. Chapter 22 How many of Bagger's football team joined the Marines at the same time?
(a) Six
(b) Eight
(c) Four
(d) Two

5. 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?
(a) He is refused transport.
(b) He can't be bothered and changes his mind.
(c) The resettlement village is supposedly full.
(d) The villagers refuse the transport.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Gilliland a ride part of the way to meet his wife?

2. How do the Marines refer to Go Noi?

3. What does Bagger do before he leaves for war?

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

5. Where do the men gather as the sun begins to fall?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Angus Austin become wounded?

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