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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 Snake's mother think about as she holds his letters in her hand?
(a) She wonders what she will say to the newspaper reporters.
(b) She thinks about how her neighbors will be envious when she meets the President.
(c) She wonders if Ronnie's friends will come to visit.
(d) She thinks about what she will wear when she meets the President.

2. What is the duty the men are leaving for when they climb into the truck?
(a) Rescue a POW
(b) Searching for booby traps
(c) Sand bag duty
(d) Rear patrol

3. What is Hodges so excited about as he looks through the fog?
(a) He sees reinforcements arriving.
(b) He sees American tanks headed their way.
(c) He sees the North Vietnamese Regiment surrendering.
(d) A North Vietnamese Regiment is trapped by his men.

4. What is Goodrich offered after he writes a report about the killing of the man and woman?
(a) He will be stationed outside of Vietnam.
(b) He will be sent back to the World.
(c) He will be discharged.
(d) He will be removed from his company.

5. Why doesn't Snake want to follow Kersey's order to set up his men in the paddy?
(a) The men are superstitious about the paddy.
(b) There are snakes in the paddy.
(c) It is too wet in the paddy.
(d) His men will be mercilessly exposed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Snake send Goodrich's team to investigate along the tree line?

2. As Snake sees the mountains in the distance, what does he think about himself?

3. What is it called when helicopters drop aviation fuel into the rice seed beds?

4. What does a Vietnamese boy offer to sell to the soldiers as they work?

5. What is the purpose of Operation Lam Son 719?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Mitsuko's response when Hodges asks her to marry him?

5. What is Bagger's reaction to Senator's insulting song about Hodges?

6. What becomes of Hodges while he tries to rescue the men in the cemetery?

7. How is Senator wounded in the cemetery?

8. What does Hodges do when he is released from the Japanese hospital?

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

10. What does Hodges notice in his old classmate that he meets in the mess hall?

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