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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. Why should Richard have been in the rear rather than in combat?
(a) Bad hip.
(b) Bad knees.
(c) Heart murmur.
(d) Bad shoulder.

2. What does the blast from the weapon that the VC fire at the bunker during the hospital attack do to Luther?
(a) Blows out his eardrums.
(b) Blows the fillings out of his teeth.
(c) Breaks his hip.
(d) Blows off two fingers on his right hand.

3. Why is Luther chosen to escort the Gemini 10 astronauts to sick bay?
(a) He works in the pharmacy.
(b) He is a medic.
(c) He is a doctor.
(d) He is a nurse.

4. About how many villages does Haywood's platoon burn down?
(a) 75-100.
(b) 50-75 villages.
(c) 45-50.
(d) 35-40.

5. Where did Light Bulb go to college for a semester before enlisting?
(a) Southern Illinois University.
(b) Bowling Green State University.
(c) Indiana State University.
(d) University of Illinois.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Light Bulb when he enlisted?

2. What training does Charles get at Lai Khe?

3. How old was Haywood in 1960?

4. Where does Luther live when he is at the hospital in Vietnam?

5. Where does Richard hold a party to arrest some drug pushers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the robbery that Haywood plans and executes.

2. Why isn't Light Bulb's father pleased when he enlists?

3. What did Haywood see in a vision when he was twelve?

4. Why don't officers want to be saluted at the front?

5. During the attack on the hospital, what does Luther pray when he is under fire?

6. Why couldn't Richard sleep the first night he was home?

7. Why is Richard supposed to have a job in the rear?

8. Why does Malik go into the service?

9. What will Charles do if he is ever asked to fight overseas again?

10. By 1969, what new type of black soldier appeared in Vietnam?

(see the answer keys)

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