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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 does Cannonball do to get out on the Medevac?
(a) He cuts off his thumb.
(b) He shoots himself in the leg.
(c) He eats rotten food.
(d) He frags himself in the buttocks.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Bobby stationed while he awaits to leave for Vietnam?

2. Chapter 19 What is the diagnosis given by Doc Rabbit about the young child who is carried on a stretcher by some villagers?

3. What is the plan Senator devises to make him sick enough to go for treatment to the Battalion Aid Station?

4. Chapter 3 Where is Hodges processed and briefed?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the result of the investigation of the banana trees just off the trail that Hodges' men are following?

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

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

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

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

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