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

2. Where does Mitsuko take Hitoshi to help him understand his past?
(a) She takes him to visit Hodges' company commander.
(b) She takes him to see Hodges' monument.
(c) She takes him to visit Hodges' family in America.
(d) She takes him to the Marine post for more information.

3. What is Hodges' reaction to his friend after talking to him for awhile?
(a) They are very much alike.
(b) His friend will never make it out of Vietnam.
(c) They have nothing in common.
(d) His friend will lose his mind in the war.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the men wearing as they gather in the road to get in the convoy headed for battle?

2. What wound does Goodrich sustain?

3. What does Hodges plan to do when he meets Mitsuko's parents?

4. What protects Cat Man's and Cannonball's teams as they make their way to the cemetery?

5. What is the duty the men are leaving for when they climb into the truck?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What effect does sitting in the rain have on Hodges' men?

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

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