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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Part V Khe Sanh.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens on the day the young marine is supposed to leave?
(a) He shoots himself in the foot
(b) He misses his transport
(c) He is killed
(d) He shoots himself in the hand

2. Who is the press secretary for Khe Sanh?
(a) Herr
(b) Dana Stone
(c) Colonel David Lownds
(d) Seann Flynn Page

3. What is booby trapped with a grenade?
(a) A tank
(b) A tent door
(c) A latrine
(d) A helmet

4. Who is the correspondent Herr travels with across the DMZ?
(a) Steven Miles
(b) Karsten Prager
(c) Seann Flynn
(d) Dana Stone

5. When is the Khe Sanh Combat Base started?
(a) 1965
(b) 1967
(c) 1954
(d) 1962

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Herr wear on his first day in Vietnam?

2. What does Herr call a company of soldiers returning from battle?

3. Why do many soldiers miss details that could have kept them alive?

4. What is the most popular strategy for ending the war according to the soldiers?

5. What is the young marine's laugh like when it does come out?

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