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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of school is Lewis accepted at after graduating from college?
(a) Law school.
(b) Medical school.
(c) Navy SEAL school.
(d) Officer Candidate School.

2. In 1952, what does Lewis observe in the base pool that he finds fascinating?
(a) The drills of the SEAL team.
(b) A mock battle.
(c) The figures of the civilian nurses.
(d) The bulging, tattooed muscles of the soldiers.

3. What news does Toddy give Lewis in Chapter 2?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She cannot have children.
(c) She is leaving him.
(d) She will not move away from her parents.

4. Who is living with Martha in Chapter 2?
(a) Chesty.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Lewis.
(d) Toddy.

5. Why is Lewis's platoon given vehicular transportation to Marble Mountain?
(a) The platoon is part of a parade.
(b) As a reward for killing ten enemy soldiers the previous evening.
(c) It is over two days march away.
(d) The walking path is littered with land mines.

6. What does Lewis decide to do before entering military service?
(a) Buy a red convertible Mustang.
(b) Attend law school.
(c) Put himself through a physical training program.
(d) Marry his high school sweetheart.

7. In 1951, what does Lewis's father give him for his birthday?
(a) A Daisy Red Ryder BB gun.
(b) A .22-caliber single-shot rifle.
(c) A .45-caliber pistol.
(d) A Tippmann A-5.

8. What war is America fighting in 1967?
(a) Afghanistan War.
(b) Desert Storm.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) The Vietnam War.

9. Who is McMoangle?
(a) The hospital corpsman who encourages and assists Lewis.
(b) Lewis's firstborn son.
(c) Lewis's physical therapist.
(d) The doctor in charge of Lewis' hand surgery.

10. Why does Walter Cronkite report Lewis's injury on the evening news?
(a) Lewis is the son of a war hero.
(b) Walter Cronkite is a personal friend of the Puller family.
(c) Lewis was injured while trying to rescue a comrade.
(d) Lewis sacrificed his safety to protect his platoon.

11. Whom does Lewis throw a New Year's party for while in the hospital?
(a) Phil Leslie.
(b) Chesty.
(c) Lewpy.
(d) Toddy.

12. In Chapter 4, what alerts snipers to the platoon's position during their third patrol rotation?
(a) The laughter of the patrol.
(b) The detonation of a booby trap.
(c) A hacking cough.
(d) A snapped branch.

13. In Chapter 1, from what conflict or war had Lewis's father just returned?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) The Afghanistan War.
(c) World War II.
(d) The Korean conflict.

14. In Chapter 2, what waiver is Lewis granted?
(a) A vision waiver.
(b) A handicapped waiver.
(c) An educational waiver.
(d) A draft waiver.

15. Who is Phil Leslie?
(a) The corpsman for Lewis' platoon.
(b) The Staff Sergeant who ran the platoon before Lewis' arrival.
(c) The radio operator who was shot.
(d) One of Nixon's political advisors in Vietnam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which soldier is elevated to acting platoon sergeant when Sergeant Leslie is injured?

2. Why does Lewis become angry with the villagers his platoon is supposed to protect?

3. How does Lewis mark the landing zone for the medical chopper in Chapter 4?

4. What is the Riviera?

5. Why is Lewis's locker raided in Chapter 2?

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