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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 a Vietnamese boy offer to sell to the soldiers as they work?
(a) His sister
(b) Marijuana
(c) Rice
(d) Tobacco

2. What happens to Hodges as the helicopters arrive to carry the wounded to safety?
(a) Hot metal rips through his side.
(b) He loses consciousness.
(c) He is shot in the foot.
(d) He is wounded in the thigh.

3. Why is Bagger so annoyed with the truck driver?
(a) The driver is not helping with the work, but napping in the truck.
(b) The driver keeps making annoying sounds.
(c) The driver is Vietnamese.
(d) The driver is ridiculing them because they have to do the work.

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?
(a) The case is dropped.
(b) Snake is cleared of charges.
(c) The case is ongoing.
(d) Snake is denied his Medal of Honor.

5. How does Cat Man feel as the helicopter flies away?
(a) He feels like a wild animal.
(b) He feels like a killing machine.
(c) He feels like a walking dead man.
(d) He feels like an abandoned child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hodges meets an old friend from school in the mess hall. What school is his friend from?

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

3. What does Hodges' friend ask him before he leaves?

4. What does Snake do after he gives the news to Bugs?

5. What does Snake's mother think about as she holds his letters in her hand?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Hodges see as he peers through the fog?

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

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

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

7. What does Waterbull tell the men in the letter he sends to the unit?

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

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

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

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