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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Part III Breathing In.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Herr wear on his first day in Vietnam?
(a) Shorts and a Hawaiin shirt
(b) New fatigues
(c) Jeans, a tie-dye t-shirt and flip flops
(d) Combat boots, shorts and a flack jacket

2. What are the streets of Saigon full of?
(a) Crime and trash
(b) Animals
(c) Dead soldiers
(d) Prostitutes

3. How long does it take for Herr to hear all the variations of war stories?
(a) Six months
(b) A month
(c) One year
(d) Two years

4. What two correspondents spend about a month with Herr?
(a) Page and Seann Flynn
(b) Page and Herman
(c) Flynn and Seann
(d) Flynn and Carter

5. Herr encounters a soldier with a bag full of what?
(a) Buffalo patties
(b) Dog tags
(c) Marijuana
(d) Dried human ears

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city is Herr's apartment?

2. Where is Herr working as a war correspondent?

3. For how many miles does the front at Dak To stretch?

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

5. Where is the enemy most effective?

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