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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the Hoffman family's business?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Transport.
(c) Construction.
(d) Oil.

2. What did Wolff think of the incident?
(a) He was terrified.
(b) He was unphased.
(c) He didn't care.
(d) He was amused.

3. What did Wolff volunteer for?
(a) The Tank Brigade.
(b) The Navy Seals.
(c) The Airborne.
(d) The Green Berets.

4. Where were the enemies coming from in the Delta region?
(a) Local villages.
(b) Vietcong.
(c) Large cities.
(d) NVA.

5. What did Wolff's father tell his son in the card he sent him according to Chapter 6?
(a) That he needed money.
(b) That he was moving to Europe.
(c) That he was sick.
(d) That he was proud of him.

6. Who designed the city Wolff was heading to?
(a) The Portuguese.
(b) The Chinese.
(c) The French.
(d) The American.

7. What was Wolff loading into?
(a) A Puma.
(b) A Cobra.
(c) A huey.
(d) A chinook.

8. How was the man in #81 killed?
(a) He was blown apart.
(b) He was stabbed.
(c) He was shot.
(d) He was strangled.

9. When did Wolff start calling himself a writer?
(a) 15.
(b) 16.
(c) 19.
(d) 13.

10. Where did Wolff spend the night?
(a) On a couch.
(b) On a pull out bed.
(c) In a second bedroom.
(d) In a hotel.

11. When was Wolff's division ordered into the field according to Chapter 3?
(a) A week after the New Year.
(b) A week after Christmas.
(c) A week after Thanksgiving.
(d) A week after the 4th of July.

12. Why did Wolff miss the ship one day?
(a) He went to college.
(b) He tried to rent a boat.
(c) He got drunk.
(d) He tried to get a job at a fishery.

13. Why was Wolff particularly afraid?
(a) He was an officer.
(b) He had a radio on his back.
(c) He was the first in line.
(d) He was the tallest man in the unit.

14. What did the commanders tell their soldiers they needed to do to make it home?
(a) Good hygene.
(b) Luck.
(c) To do everything right.
(d) Heavy armor.

15. To what did Wolff accompany Macleod?
(a) Calls in the province.
(b) A meeting with a local NVA deserter.
(c) A meeting with a Colonel.
(d) Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wolff's father give him?

2. What did the sergeant try to cook before Wolff stopped him?

3. Where was Wolff's American unit?

4. Where was the Vietnamese battalion to which was Wolff assigned located?

5. What was Wolff's unit composed of?

(see the answer keys)

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