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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) Pismo Beach
(c) Da Nang
(d) Quantico, VA

2. What is the one thing that Austin tells Hodges he won't tolerate?
(a) He won't tolerate vulgar language.
(b) He won't tolerate cowardice.
(c) He won't tolerate drug use.
(d) He won't tolerate a Marine out of uniform and unshaved.

3. What is Hodges thinking when he sees that Flaky has been shot?
(a) He will be more attentive to Flaky from now on.
(b) He wishes someone else had been shot and not Flaky.
(c) He is glad it is Flaky that is shot and not someone else.
(d) He is sorry for not being a better friend to Flaky.

4. Before Snake enlists in the Marines, what type of tattoo does he get?
(a) A skull encircled with two snakes that reads "Death before Dishonor"
(b) An evil clown
(c) A tattoo that says, MOM
(d) An eagle and an American flag

5. 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 be a vegetable for the rest of his life.
(c) He is sure to die.
(d) He will recover fully.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dan surrenders to the Marines, what position do they offer him?

2. Why does Phony join the Marines?

3. Chapter 14 What is Gilliland looking forward to after his ten years of military service?

4. What does Cannonball need to help digest all the changes taking place in the black community?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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