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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 are the men wearing as they gather in the road to get in the convoy headed for battle?
(a) They are travelling light.
(b) They have no weapons until they reach their destination.
(c) They are carrying only their rifles.
(d) They are fully burdened with guns and ammunition.

2. What type of terrain is the Arizona shore the Marines climb onto from the chest high river?
(a) The shore is mud and sand.
(b) The shore is mountainous.
(c) The shore is all flatland.
(d) The shore is full of craters and shattered trees.

3. Why does Goodrich's father turn Mark in to the police?
(a) He believes Mark turned his back on his country.
(b) He never liked Mark.
(c) He is angry that his own son had to fight and not Mark.
(d) He doesn't want Mark to influence Goodrich.

4. What happens to Hodges as he hears a puff to his left?
(a) He is shot in the leg.
(b) He is shot in the shoulder.
(c) He is shot in the face.
(d) He is shot in the neck.

5. Who is Hodges surprised to see get off the supply chopper?
(a) Snake
(b) A Major General
(c) Cannonball
(d) First Lieutenant Kersey

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Goodrich feel after his tirade about Hodges?

2. Where do Hodges' men take position?

3. What is Goodrich told about the killing of the Vietnamese man and woman?

4. What is Kersey's reply when Hodges asks him if there is somewhere his men can hold up until the fighting starts?

5. What is the Sergeant's reaction to Dan's opinion of the operation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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