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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 is Harris carrying when Alex shoots him?
(a) A Glock.
(b) An M-16.
(c) A grenade.
(d) A hatchet.

2. Where are Starkey, Griffin, and Harris supposed to meet in Highland Falls, New York?
(a) The Palisade Motel.
(b) The Stonehaus B&B.
(c) The Seabreeze Inn.
(d) The Wyndham Suites.

3. What is stenciled on the bouncer's clothes in the Asia House?
(a) Crunch.
(b) Iron.
(c) Muscle.
(d) Brick.

4. What nickname does John call Alex?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Peanut.
(c) Guns.
(d) Ally.

5. Who does Foot Soldier say that Alex and John should see while they are at West Point?
(a) Colonel Handler.
(b) General Hutchinson.
(c) General Borislow.
(d) Director Burns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Starkey call the madness of war?

2. Alex and John stop at _____ for breakfast before crashing the company picnic.

3. What type of barbecue sauce is a mixture of salt, pepper, paprika, and brown sugar?

4. Whose portrait hangs on the wall in the Embassy in Vietnam?

5. Where does Nana say she wants to go after her procedure?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the attitude of the translator at the Vietnam Embassy? What makes her attitude change?

2. Why did the press in Vietnam fail to capture the real stories there, in the author's view?

3. Even after winning the fire fight with the Three Blind Mice, how does Alex know the case is not over?

4. Why does Alex apologize for being rude to Dr. Coles and how does she react?

5. Why is Foot Soldier disappointed with Alex's progress and how does he make this known to Alex?

6. What gives Robert Bennett a split second of hope as he and his wife are being brutally attacked by the Three Blind Mice and what happens to dash it?

7. What does Tran Van Luu say when Alex brings up his impending execution? How does Alex respond?

8. Why is it a surprise to Alex and John that Marc Sherman shows up at the cabin the Three Blind Mice share in the woods and what happens to him?

9. Why is there conflict initially between Nana and Alex about Nana wanting Dr. Coles to be her physician?

10. What does Alex find out about the MP5 when he talks to a supervisor from Heckler & Koch at the sports bar?

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