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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 Snake believe about his time in Vietnam?
(a) Nothing he could ever do in life would equal his time served in Vietnam.
(b) Vietnam is his hell on earth.
(c) Snake believes he lost his innocence in Vietnam.
(d) Snake believes it was a waste of part of his life.

2. What is Goodrich told about the killing of the Vietnamese man and woman?
(a) Goodrich is a good soldier for divulging the details of the murders.
(b) Goodrich can have his friends convicted.
(c) Goodrich did not see it happen, so there is no evidence.
(d) Goodrich will get an honorable discharge to keep him safe.

3. What wound does Goodrich sustain?
(a) His leg is gone.
(b) His arm is gone.
(c) A stomach shot
(d) A shot through the shoulder

4. What is Kersey's reply when Hodges asks him if there is somewhere his men can hold up until the fighting starts?
(a) Kersey shows Hodges where a dry tent is located.
(b) Kersey tells Hodges that he is not running a hotel.
(c) Kersey sends them to the mess hall.
(d) Kersey invites the men to stay with him.

5. Hodges meets an old friend from school in the mess hall. What school is his friend from?
(a) Junior High
(b) Basic School platoon
(c) High School
(d) Kindergarten

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do Hodges' men have to wait in the field before the fighting begins?

2. Why is Bagger so annoyed with the truck driver?

3. Why doesn't Dan agree with Operation Lam Son 719?

4. What do the Marines need to do as a result of Goodrich's statement about murder?

5. What is Hodges' reaction to Goodrich's insults?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Hodges' mother do with the flag and gold medal she receives that Hodges earned while in the war?

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

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

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

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

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