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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 prevents Snake's two teams from advancing to help Senator's team?
(a) The enemy throws a barrage of grenades at them.
(b) The enemy uses flame throwers to drive the teams back.
(c) The enemy fires a machine gun at the teams.
(d) The enemy fires tear gas crystals at them.

2. What is the Sergeant's reaction to Dan's opinion of the operation?
(a) The Sergeant sympathizes with him.
(b) The Sergeant beats him.
(c) The Sergeant agrees with him.
(d) The Sergeant slaps him in the face.

3. What is announced at the platoon formation?
(a) The nicknames of the new men
(b) The discharge of many of the men
(c) The deployment of the men
(d) The various medals the men will be receiving.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Hodges irritated with the way his friend describes the deaths of certain Marines?

2. What type of terrain is the Arizona shore the Marines climb onto from the chest high river?

3. Where do Hodges' men take position?

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

5. What happens to Hodges as he hears a puff to his left?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Kersey's reply when Hodges asks if there is anywhere dry where his men can wait out of the rain?

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

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

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

6. How is Senator wounded in the cemetery?

7. What type of songs does Senator sing and play on his guitar after Hodges returns?

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

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

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

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