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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 doesn't Dan agree with Operation Lam Son 719?
(a) He believes they should form a truce.
(b) He believes they should attack in the opposite direction.
(c) He believes they should surrender.
(d) He believes there are enough problems right where they are.

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

3. What becomes of Snake as he carries Goodrich toward Hodges?
(a) He is accidentally shot by his own men.
(b) He steps on a land mine.
(c) He is blasted with a grenade.
(d) He is shot with machine gun fire.

4. Where does Sergeant Sadler expect the enemy to attack?
(a) Hanoi
(b) Arizona
(c) An Hoa
(d) Cambodia

5. What is the reaction of Mitsuko's mother at Hodges' marriage proposal?
(a) She says that she will never agree.
(b) She says that she will think about it.
(c) She approves.
(d) She says that they should get married that very day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Snake believe about his time in Vietnam?

2. What does Senator tell a group of people gathered for an anti-war rally?

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

4. How does Cat Man feel as the helicopter flies away?

5. What does Snake's mother wonder as she looks at Ronnie's Boot Camp picture?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Senator wounded in the cemetery?

3. What are the results of the investigation into Snake's participation in the killing of the civilian's that Senator reported?

4. Why does Goodrich go to the Regimental Legal Officer's tent?

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

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

7. What does Snake do when he sees Senator in the hole?

8. What does Goodrich see hanging from the helicopter that passes above him?

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

10. What is the reaction of Hodges' son when Mitsuko takes him to see his father's memorial?

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