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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the four geographical areas of Vietnam?
(a) delta, flats, piedmont, highlands
(b) delta, rivers, mountains, plains
(c) plains, piedmont, mountains, lowlands
(d) north, south, east, west

2. When does Herr finally take up a weapon?
(a) When a VC threatens him
(b) During the Tet Offensive
(c) When another soldier makes him use a gun
(d) When he is dared to shoot a water buffalo

3. What two kinds of drugs do the soldiers turn to?
(a) Amphetamines and depressants
(b) Heroin and Meth
(c) Cocaine and Dexedrine
(d) Dexedrine and Heroin

4. What do most of the soldiers try to avoid in one way or another?
(a) Dreaming
(b) Wearing their dog tags
(c) Going back to America
(d) Getting shot at

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

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

7. Some soldiers feel they must stop the war or Communism will go where?
(a) The United States
(b) China
(c) The entire world
(d) South America

8. Where are the Americans best at fighting?
(a) In the Air
(b) On land
(c) In the ground cover
(d) In Saigon

9. In what city is Herr's apartment?
(a) China Beach
(b) Ho Chi Minh
(c) Tokyo
(d) Saigon

10. Where does Herr find himself during a downpour?
(a) China Beach
(b) A hotel in Saigon
(c) A bunker in the jungle
(d) An airfield in Kontum

11. Where is Herr working as a war correspondent?
(a) Korea
(b) Germany
(c) The Pentagon
(d) South Vietnam

12. What happens to bodies that cannot be positively identified?
(a) They are listed as VC
(b) They are listed as American
(c) They are not counted
(d) They are hung from trees

13. When did the First Indochina War end?
(a) 1975
(b) 1945
(c) 1970
(d) 1954

14. No soldier would want to return home with this.
(a) Depression
(b) Shell shock
(c) Malaria
(d) Lost limbs

15. What was once the most beautiful city in Vietnam?
(a) China Beach
(b) Hue
(c) Ho Chi Minh
(d) Saigon

Short Answer Questions

1. Who fires on the soldiers Herr travels with?

2. Why does the young marine not show any mirth in his smile?

3. What happens to South Vietnamese at Hue?

4. What do the soldiers trade for the marijuana?

5. Who do the Montagnards hated?

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