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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 Lewis see his father do for the first time the day he leaves home for war?
(a) Walk away.
(b) Salute him.
(c) Cry.
(d) Embrace Toddy.

2. What is the Riviera?
(a) A costal area between Italy and France.
(b) An expensive hotel in Las Vegas.
(c) The resort area for troops in Vietnam.
(d) The most dangerous patrol area near Camp 413.

3. Why does the platoon carefully bury their garbage?
(a) To hide their presence from the Vietcong.
(b) As part of the policy to keep the area clean.
(c) To keep wild animals out of camp.
(d) To prevent the Vietcong from making booby traps.

4. What lesson does Lewis learn the day his eye is blackened?
(a) Boys do not cry in front of grown men.
(b) Watch your front and trust that others will have your back.
(c) Always watch where you step.
(d) Be sure of your target and of what is beyond it.

5. Where is Lewis' unit deployed when he first arrives in Vietnam?
(a) Near the Thanlyin river.
(b) Outside Ho Chi Minh.
(c) Just north of Seoul.
(d) Near the Cua Viet River.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Lewis's platoon given vehicular transportation to Marble Mountain?

2. Why is Corporal Hitch assigned to Lewis' platoon?

3. What is Marble Mountain?

4. What did Lewis give Toddy when she visited him in the hospital?

5. Which friend from the states does Lewis encounter at the officer's club bar in Vietnam?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lewis prepare for entry into military life?

2. How does Lewis's college life contrast with his experiences in Officer Candidate School?

3. What causes Lewis to see his father as a fallible human being?

4. What lessons does Lewis learn from his father as a young boy?

5. How does Toddy's pregnancy affect Lewis's life?

6. What does Lewis learn he must live up to at an early age?

7. Why does Lewis order a rifle inspection shortly after assuming command of his platoon?

8. Describe Paul Barents.

9. How does Chesty's career influence young Lewis?

10. What does Lewis decide to give Toddy the first time she sees him in the hospital?

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