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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 does Snake argue with Austin about the LP duty assignment?
(a) Almost all of Snake's men are injured and need to recover.
(b) Snake's men will not be able to get back over the wire if attacked.
(c) Snake likes to argue with Austin about everything.
(d) Snake's men just had duty and are tired.

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

3. Chapter 7 Who does a great job digging and engineering two holes that Hodges notices?
(a) Flaky
(b) Senator
(c) Snake
(d) The Vietnamese enemy

4. What does Cat Man believe he is meant to do?
(a) Go back to school
(b) Live a life of crime
(c) Join the Marines
(d) Move back to his native country

5. What does Dan give a mamasan to give to her children?
(a) A wooden car he whittled
(b) A chocolate bar
(c) A can of fruit
(d) Three cans of C-ration meat

Short Answer Questions

1. What effect does the Army have on Cannonball's brother?

2. What does Speedy offer to give Senator when he says that he wants to resign from the Marines?

3. What does Roland decide to do when he receives his draft notice?

4. What does Bagger do when he hears the song, These Eyes?

5. What news does the patrol read about in a newspaper from home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the men always dig new fighting holes, rather than use old holes that they find?

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

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

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

6. What kind of childhood did Phony experience?

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

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

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

10. How does Gilliland reach Pismo Beach to meet his wife after being discharged from the Marines?

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