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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is the best definition of a scout?
(a) Scrutinizer
(b) Inspector
(c) Reconnoiter
(d) Surveyor

2. Which area of Vietnam is one of the most heavily mined areas?
(a) My Khe
(b) Batangan Peninsula
(c) My Lai
(d) Redville

3. Where does Alpha Company find a Viet Cong rifle?
(a) Hut
(b) On a dead soldier
(c) Well
(d) Mine field

4. What does the letters AWOL stand for?
(a) Away While on Leave
(b) Absent While on Leave
(c) Absent Without Leave
(d) Away Without Leave

5. Pinkville used to be a what?
(a) Cemetery
(b) Population center
(c) Wasteland
(d) Popular beach

6. Which of the following is the best definition for the term paralyzing as used in the following sentence? They fight paralyzing fear with each step they take.
(a) Deprive somebody of voluntary movement
(b) Inability to move and think
(c) Bring to a standstill
(d) Make somebody temporarily unable to move

7. Which of the following is not an accurate description of guerrilla warfare?
(a) Disjointed
(b) Operates in small groups
(c) Organized
(d) Sporadic

8. Why is Pinkville referred to by this name?
(a) A derogatory term for the people that live here
(b) Areas on military maps are shaded pink
(c) There is much blood here because so many have been killed
(d) The soil is pink in this region

9. How many times is the base attacked while O'Brien works there?
(a)
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 1

10. How much are the refugees paid for each death?
(a) $33.90
(b) $5.98
(c) $20
(d) $100.35

11. Which of the following words best describes life at LZ Gator?
(a) Changing constantly
(b) Exciting
(c) Monotonous
(d) Dry

12. What stands in the center of the refugee camp?
(a) Flag pole
(b) Hut
(c) Barbed wire
(d) Mine field

13. What does Captain Johansen tell O'Brien he would rather be than anything else?
(a) Fearless
(b) Alive
(c) Home
(d) Brave

14. Which of the following describes how the female Viet Cong soldier died?
(a) She survives
(b) With female hysterics
(c) Calmly
(d) In extreme pain

15. What surrounds the perimeter of the refugee camp on the lagoon side?
(a) Artillery rounds
(b) Mines
(c) Barbed water
(d) Flags

Short Answer Questions

1. Which other character was able to obtain a job at LZ Gator as a typist with O'Brien?

2. What do the men of Alpha Company use to fight the constant fear?

3. Which of the following terms means someone with very little combat experience?

4. Which of the following describes how the scout feels about going on the march with the soldiers?

5. What does Major Callicles feel is infecting the US military?

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