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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 is Hodges' reaction to Goodrich's insults?
(a) He is angry and ready for a fight.
(b) He is amused.
(c) He is silently livid.
(d) He is not bothered by it.

2. What is it called when helicopters drop aviation fuel into the rice seed beds?
(a) Operation Enemy Denial
(b) Operation Dead Seed
(c) Operation Rice Denial
(d) Operation Rice Wipe Out

3. What does Hodges plan to do when he meets Mitsuko's parents?
(a) He plans to threaten them if they don't agree to give Mitsuko to him.
(b) He plans to force them to give Mitsuko to him.
(c) He plans to offer them a bribe for Mitsuko's hand in marriage.
(d) He plans to get their blessing to marry Mitsuko.

4. How does Goodrich pour out the agony he has felt for months?
(a) He cries on Hodges' shoulder.
(b) He plays the guitar and sings every anti-war song he can think of.
(c) He screams loudly into the night.
(d) He smashes everything in his tent.

5. How do Mitsuko and Hodges spend the day before he leaves for active duty?
(a) They spend the day arguing.
(b) They spend the day in bed.
(c) They spend the day walking and talking.
(d) They tour Okinawa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Dan's column when they enter Laos?

2. Where has Hodges been recovering from his wounds?

3. What story would Ronnie's mother like to hear from him?

4. What is the result of Goodrich's sworn statement about the murders of the man and woman that he turned over to Regimental Legal Officer?

5. What happens to Hodges as the helicopters arrive to carry the wounded to safety?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is Senator wounded in the cemetery?

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

6. How do Goodrich's parents welcome him back home?

7. Why does Dan disagree with Operation Lam Son 719?

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

9. Why does Snake disagree with Kersey's order to move the men to the paddy?

10. Describe Snake's feelings about serving in Vietnam?

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