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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 Christmases does Robert Daniels spend in the hospital after he is injured?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

2. What is the name of the dog that is in Archie's regiment that sniffs out Vietnamese?
(a) Hobo.
(b) Hunter.
(c) Hank.
(d) Harvey.

3. When Joseph and his men find the lost platoon, how many do they find who are badly injured?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Eight.
(d) One.

4. Where does Stephen say that Puff the Magic Dragon is damaged and four Cobras are lost?
(a) Pleiku.
(b) Tonkin Gulf.
(c) Bien Hoa.
(d) Sampan Valley.

5. About how many Vietnamese surround Norman when his plane is shot down?
(a) 35.
(b) 45.
(c) 50.
(d) 90.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Norman from?

2. What does Robert Mountain say he was trained to do at Fort Benning?

3. How high is the plane Norman is in when it is hit by a surface-to-air missile?

4. What is the nationality of the man who makes a film about Joseph's platoon?

5. How long is Norman a prisoner of war?

Short Essay Questions

1. What bothers Robert Daniels about the way the Vietnamese seem to thrive in the United States?

2. Why does Arthur Woodley kill another GI in February 1969?

3. How is Norman able to attend college and become an office in the Air Force?

4. What are some stupid things that Don believes increased the likelihood of attack or problems with the Vietnamese?

5. Why do the Vietnamese call Arthur "Montagnard"?

6. What does Don write in a letter to President Johnson?

7. How does Don feel when the North Vietnamese began taking over South Vietnam?

8. What hurts Archie when he returns to the United States?

9. How is Robert Daniels injured?

10. What does Archie say that southerners would feel when they learn there was a black officer in charge of them?

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