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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. The patrol goes into an area covered mostly by _____.
(a) Vietcong.
(b) Underbrush.
(c) Rice paddies.
(d) Jungle.

2. Which word means to avoid duty by feigning illness or injury?
(a) Sidling.
(b) Infiltrating.
(c) Loafing.
(d) Malingering.

3. What is the name of the next location?
(a) Ho Chi Minh.
(b) Duc Pho.
(c) Pleiku.
(d) Danang.

4. How many men are sent out in the first patrol?
(a) 5.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

5. What is a Choi-Hoi?
(a) Turncoat.
(b) Messenger.
(c) Translator.
(d) Pilot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the surname of the main character?

2. How many Americans are there at the time?

3. Which is not among the people centered in the camp to respond to enemy attacks?

4. What is the name of the officer that made the kill?

5. What is the code number used to identify Downs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the issue with convoys traveling by the established road? What were the orders issued to the men?

2. Describe the area around the base camp and how it is different than Downs expected.

3. What is the biggest problem with this plan?

4. What happens shortly after the mine-sweeping crew is on the job?

5. Describe the others at the camp, including Downs' meetings with other soldiers and superiors.

6. Discuss the transport of the battalion to the new base camp.

7. How do the soldiers in the battalion refer to the Vietnamese and the Vietcong?

8. What is the issue with convoys traveling by the established road? What were the orders issued to the men?

9. Describe the people confronted in one of the villages. What happens to them?

10. Discuss the scene in which the platoon goes out into the rice paddies. Who do the soldiers see? What mishap occurs?

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