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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Saigon look beautiful?
(a) In the bars
(b) In the gardens
(c) In the streets
(d) From the air

2. What does Herr say plays behind the young marine's eyes?
(a) The horror of seeing his buddies killed
(b) The children playing near land mines
(c) The endless marches through jungles
(d) The My Lai massacre

3. For how many miles does the front at Dak To stretch?
(a) Three
(b) Ten
(c) Twenty
(d) Thirty

4. What is a LRRP?
(a) Long Range Recruit Party
(b) Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol
(c) Last Roving Reporting Patrol
(d) Long Range Reporting Party

5. What does one soldier do when he sees Herr's bloody nose?
(a) Takes his gun away
(b) Rushes him to Medevac
(c) Gives him a medal
(d) Laughs

Short Answer Questions

1. Herr encounters a soldier with a bag full of what?

2. Where does the chapter's title come from?

3. The VC conserves what?

4. Who set the booby trap on the latrine?

5. What two correspondents spend about a month with Herr?

(see the answer key)

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