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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. Downs wonders why the _____ have to do so little and Downs' platoon works hard to fight.
(a) ARVN.
(b) Commanding officers.
(c) NVA.
(d) Medical staff.

2. What does Downs do to pass the time?
(a) Watches TV.
(b) Reads.
(c) Plays with the local children.
(d) Sleeps.

3. In a funny scene Downs decides to assist a man who has been in an accident with a _____.
(a) Bicycle.
(b) Cow.
(c) Tank.
(d) Jeep.

4. Where is the Tam Ky province located?
(a) East Vietnam.
(b) South Vietnam.
(c) West Vietnam.
(d) North Vietnam.

5. Downs begins to think about going to ____ school.
(a) Flight.
(b) Officer training.
(c) Heavy weapons training.
(d) Military intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. The soldier manages to dive behind a ____ to keep from being shot.

2. What separates this area from the open ocean?

3. Two soldiers are hit by a land mine after walking through a _____.

4. What is the name of the commander that replaced Schaldenbrand?

5. The platoon ends up in an area referred to as a _____ zone.

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the trip to the area around the Tam Ky province. What is the general atmosphere of the area.

2. Why is Downs angry when Sells releases the two men hiding in the bunker?

3. Where is the Tam Ky province? How is it similar to the old base camp outside Duc Pho?

4. Discuss Downs' state of mind at this stage of the war. What objections does Downs have about the way the mission is being operated?

5. How is the platoon separated? Who are the leaders? What happens shortly after the separation? What is Downs' reaction to the conflict?

6. Discuss Downs' opinion of the base camp and area surrounding Pleiku.

7. Sells sends Downs and his men on a foot patrol. Where does Sells send the men? What change has there been in personnel?

8. Discuss at least one way in which the American soldiers can attack the Vietcong without being located.

9. Who arrives to assist the soldiers? What happens during the operation?

10. Explain what the author means by the genocidal aspect of the war. How does Downs justify this behavior?

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