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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 item do the people use for cover after the shooting begins?
(a) Dune.
(b) Line of trees.
(c) Shack.
(d) Dike.

2. With whom does Hathcock switch roles?
(a) Roberts.
(b) Land.
(c) Wilson.
(d) Burke.

3. In what year was the award won?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1965.

4. In what year is the scene set?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1971.

5. What was the longest confirmed shot of the character's career?
(a) 1000 yards.
(b) 2800 yards.
(c) 2500 yards.
(d) 1700 yards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mode of transportation is used in this scene?

2. What group of people is spotted by Hathcock?

3. Who is in charge of the enemy sniper group?

4. Who is one of the first people killed?

5. At this point how long had Hathcock been in Vietnam?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the enemy soldiers?

2. Examine Hathcock's story about his shooting expertise in competitions.

3. Later that same day, Hathcock makes the longest confirmed shot of his career. What was the distance and the wound inflicted?

4. Hathcock reminisces about his meeting with whom? How did the men meet?

5. What activities was Hathcock involved in outside the Marine Corps?

6. Who is the subject of the biography? What are his statistics and military status?

7. Describe the location where the groups were positioned. Why was that particular area chosen?

8. Explain the purpose for the school and Land's involvement in it.

9. Why is Land upset by the position of the sniper teams? What happens?

10. Describe the formation and weapons used by the teams.

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