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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. How many times does Studs Armstrong reenlist to stay in Vietnam?
(a) Three times.
(b) Two times.
(c) Once.
(d) Four times.

2. How long does a Vietnamese interpreter tell Light Bulb that the Vietnamese had been fighting a war?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) Hundreds of years.

3. How many times does Luther have to watch an interrogation to make sure the prisoners are treated properly?
(a) Once.
(b) Six times.
(c) Three times.
(d) Twice.

4. What news reporter is in the Amtrac with Malik on August 5, 1965?
(a) Walter Cronkite.
(b) Homer Bigart.
(c) Morley Safer.
(d) Martha Gellhorn.

5. How many siblings does Emmanuel have?
(a) Eight.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was president when Wallace Terry was asked to cover a story on the role of the black soldier in the Vietnam War?

2. During what time of day is Luther's hospital in attacked?

3. How many more months did Light Bulb have to serve when he left Vietnam?

4. How many men's stories does Wallace Terry tell in the book?

5. When is the last time Emmanuel hears from his Vietnamese wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What types of things would Luther order for the Vietnamese?

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

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

4. Why does Luther get a Bronze Star for his part in the hospital attack?

5. What does Charles say is his first contact with a real man?

6. How do forty men in Bravo Company get killed by friendly fire?

7. What happens in 1975 when Luther is in a room at the Naval Regional Medical Center in Norfolk?

8. Why does Malik have to spend seven days in the brig?

9. How does Light Bulb lose a stripe and get a fine?

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

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