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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 happens to Hodges as he hears a puff to his left?
(a) He is shot in the face.
(b) He is shot in the leg.
(c) He is shot in the neck.
(d) He is shot in the shoulder.

2. Who is guiding the remnants of the platoon in the cemetery?
(a) Sadler
(b) Cannonball
(c) Bagger
(d) Kersey

3. What is Goodrich told about the killing of the Vietnamese man and woman?
(a) Goodrich can have his friends convicted.
(b) Goodrich will get an honorable discharge to keep him safe.
(c) Goodrich did not see it happen, so there is no evidence.
(d) Goodrich is a good soldier for divulging the details of the murders.

4. What does Snake believe about his time in Vietnam?
(a) Snake believes it was a waste of part of his life.
(b) Nothing he could ever do in life would equal his time served in Vietnam.
(c) Vietnam is his hell on earth.
(d) Snake believes he lost his innocence in Vietnam.

5. What wound does Goodrich sustain?
(a) A stomach shot
(b) A shot through the shoulder
(c) His leg is gone.
(d) His arm is gone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Snake think the enemy won't kill them?

2. What does Hodges plan to do when he meets Mitsuko's parents?

3. What is announced at the platoon formation?

4. Who is Hodges surprised to see get off the supply chopper?

5. What are the men wearing as they gather in the road to get in the convoy headed for battle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hodges' mother do with the flag and gold medal she receives that Hodges earned while in the war?

2. Why does a three star General arrive at Hodges' platoon?

3. What becomes of Dan and his men when they are on the road to Laos?

4. What does Snake decide to do when Hodges arrives to help?

5. Why does Snake go to the company office tent?

6. How does Snake keep his team motivated to move through the gunfire toward the cemetery to help Senator's team?

7. What is in the letter that Bagger takes from a dead VC soldier?

8. What does Goodrich say to the crowd of anti-war protesters when they ask him to speak?

9. What is Hodges' reply when his classmate asks him if they can still win the war?

10. What is Snake's mother doing two years after he is killed in Vietnam?

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